Intended for advanced students of physics, chemistry and related disciplines, this text treats the quantum theory of atoms and ions within the framework of self-consistent fields. Data needed for the analysis of collisions and other atomic processes are also included.

Quantum Mechanics and the Structure of Structure of Atoms and Ions.- The Development and Concepts of Atomic Physics.- The Hydrogen Atom.- Two-Electron Atoms and Ions.- Light Atoms.- The Structure of Heavy Atoms.- Excited Atoms.- Positive and Negative Ions.- The Autoionization States of Atoms and Ions.- Atoms in Interactions and Collisions.- Atoms in External Fields.- Interactions Involving Atoms and Ions.- Diatomic Molecules.- Atom Interaction in Systems of Many Bound Atoms.- Elastic Collisions of Atomic Particles.- Resonant Processes in Slow Atomic Collisions.- Inelastic Slow Atomic Collisions.- Collisions with Transitions in States of Continuous and Quasi-Continuous Spectra.