This book is an in-depth review of experiment and theory on electric-dipole polarizabilities. The book is broad in scope: it encompasses atomic, molecular and cluster polarizabilities. Both static and dynamic polarizabilities are treated (in the absence of absorption) and a full tensor picture of the polarizability is used. Traditional experimental techniques for measuring electric polarizabilities are described in detail. Recently-developed experimental methods, including light-forces, position-sensitive time-of-flight deflection, and atom-interferometry are also extensively discussed....
This book is an in-depth review of experiment and theory on electric-dipole polarizabilities. The book is broad in scope: it encompasses atomic, molec...
