Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics (1986) / Chapter Skim
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AMO physics provides theoretical and experimental methods and essential data to neighboring areas of science such as chemistry, astrophysics, condensed-matter physics, plasma physics, surface science, biology, and medicine. It contributes to the national security system and to the nation's programs in fusion, directed energy, and materials research.
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RECENT ADVANCES IN BASIC ATOMIC, MOLECULAR, AND OPTICAL SCIENCE AMO physics encompasses broad areas of theoretical and experimental research on matter at the atomic and molecular level and on light. A few of the recent advances in atomic physics include optical spectroscopy of exotic atoms, new tests of quantum electrodynamics through ultraprecise measurements on individual trapped electrons and
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, surface scattering with supersonic molecular beams, and the discovery of energy localization in polyatomic molecules. Advances in optics include the first direct measurement of the frequency of an optical transition, the development of ultraprecise optical spectroscopy and ultrasensitive detection of atoms and molecules, laser cooling of ions and atoms, the coherent generation of far-ultraviolet light, optical bistability, and the creation of numerous new types of lasers and nonlinear optical techniques.
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SUPPORT FOR THE RESEARCH INITIATIVES Additional funds are essential for AMO groups to carry forward research under the Program of Research Initiatives. The funds are required to support graduate students, postdoctoral workers, and other professional scientists; to help restore the seriously decayed infrastruc
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The Panel recommends that the agencies invite and support proposals addressing this issue, for example, by creating centers, workshops, or summer schools where students and active theorists could come together for varying periods of time. ACCESS TO LARGE COMPUTERS New approaches made possible by large computers are profoundly changing AMO physics, but the lack of computational facilities for theoretical atomic physicists is seriously hindering activity here.
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The Panel recommends that insertion devices be supported for existing synchrotron light sources and that substantial access to them be made available to the AMO community. The Panel endorses the construction of next-generation light sources, both VUV and x-ray, and recommends that beam lines be provided for the AMO community.
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