Atomic Physics Methods in Modern Research

Two-photon method for metrology in hydrogen.- High precision atomic spectroscopy of muonium and simple muonic atoms.- The muonium atom as a probe of physics beyond the standard model.- Can atoms trapped in solid helium be used to search for physics beyond the standard model?.- g-Factors of subatomic particles.- Laser spectroscopy of metastable antiprotonic helium atomcules.- Polarized, compressed 3He-gas and its applications.- Medical NMR sensing with laser-polarized 3He and 129Xe.- Test of special relativity in a heavy ion storage ring.- Resonance fluorescence of a single ion.- Resonance raman studies of the relaxation of photoexcited molecules in solution on the picosecond timescale.- Four-quantum RF-resonance in the ground state of an alkaline atom.- Hard highly directional X-radiation emitted by a charged particle moving in a carbon nanotube.- Quasiclassical approximation in the theory of scattering of polarized atoms.- Ion beam inertial fusion.- Spin-echo experiments with neutrons and with atomic beams.- New generation of light sources for applications in spectroscopy.- Remote sensing of the environment using laser radar techniques.- Applied laser spectroscopy in combustion devices.- The surface of liquid helium - an unusual substrate for unusual coulomb systems.- Aspects of laser-assisted scanning tunneling microscopy of thin organic layers.- Optical spectroscopy of metal clusters.- New concepts for information storage based on color centers.- Excitons and radiation damage in alkali halides.- Polarization of negative muons implanted in the fullerene C60: Speculations about a null result.- Positronium in condensed matter studied with spin-polarized positrons.- Light-induced liberation of atoms and molecules from solid surfaces.- On the shoulders of giants - Earlyhistory of hyperfine structure spectroscopy. For gisbert zu putlitz.