This book contains contributions to the 172. WE-Heraeus-Seminar Atoms and Molecules in Strong External Fields, which took place April 7 11 1997 at the Phys- zentrum Bad Honnef (Germany). The designation strong fields applies to external static magnetic, and/or electric fields that are sufficiently intense to cause alterations in the atomic or molecular str- ture and dynamics. The specific topics treated are the behavior and properties of atoms in strong static fields, the fundamental aspects and electronic structure of molecules in strong magnetic fields, the dynamics and aspects of chaos in...

This book contains contributions to the 172. WE-Heraeus-Seminar Atoms and Molecules in Strong External Fields, which took place April 7 11 1997 at the Phys- zentrum Bad Honnef (Germany). The designation strong fields applies to external static magnetic, and/or electric fields that are sufficiently intense to cause alterations in the atomic or molecular str- ture and dynamics. The specific topics treated are the behavior and properties of atoms in strong static fields, the fundamental aspects and electronic structure of molecules in strong magnetic fields, the dynamics and aspects of chaos in...

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