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Part I Course Notes (8.421)

• 1. The two-state systems: Resonance
• 2. Atoms – some basics Helium atom
• 3. Fine structure and Lamb shift
• 4, 5 Hyperfine structure; Magnetic fields
• 6. Atoms in electric fields Index of refraction
• 7. Interaction of an Atom with an Electro-Magnetic Field, Einstein’s A and B coefficient, Saturation of transitions
• 8. Line shapes
• 9. Two-photon transitions
• 10. Coherence

This material, from MIT 8.421 Atomic Physics I is being updated as of 2008