The book is a comprehensive edition which considers the interactions of atoms, ions and molecules with charged particles, photons and laser fields and reflects the present understanding of atomic processes such as electron capture, target and projectile ionisation, photoabsorption and others occurring in most of laboratory and astrophysical plasma sources including many-photon and many-electron processes. The material consists of selected papers written by leading scientists in various fields.

Laboratory and astrophysical plasmas. Modern view on ball lightning: Observations, experiments, theories; V. Bychkov and A.Nikitin.-Unravelling the mysteries of matter surrounding supermassive black holes; A. Müller and S. Schippers.- Spectroscopic diagnostics of hot coronal plasma; A.M.Urnov.- Hot spots and giant spiders clouding the solar sky; S.V.Kuzin and A.M. Urnov.- Populations of excited parabolic states of hydrogen beam in fusion plasmas; O. Marchuk et al.- Atomic processes in dusty plasmas; Young-Dae Jung.- Atomic and Molecular Data Need for Industrial Application Plasmas; J.-S. Yoon et al.- Atomic collisions. Charge transfer dynamics in low to intermediate energy ion-atom/molecule collisions studied by momentum imaging techniques; X. Ma et al.-Single and Multiple Electron Loss by Heavy Ions; R. DuBois and T. Santos.-Target-density effects in atomic collisions; V.P. Shevelko and H. Tawara.- Excitation and ionization in atom-atom collisions; A.D. Ulantsev.- Atomic collisions in liquid targets; A. Itoh.- Excited states of atomic hydrogen in reflected neutrals at high-Z metal surfaces; D.Kato.- The long-range interaction effects in collisions of Rydberg atoms with neutral targets; V.S. Lebedev and A.A. Narits.- Useful formula and Internet resources for ionic collisions; A.M. Imai and D. Humbert .- Applications. Atomic Processes and Data Requirements in Tumor Therapy;T. Kanai.-
Atomic X-Ray Physics at the Experimental Storage Ring ESR; H.Beyer et al. Atomic physics using highly intense X-ray pulses; M. Martins et al.- Cascade of atomic displacements with account for ion-ion cross sections in solid state; O.V. Ivanov and A.V. Subbotin.- Approach to ultra-low ion beam temperatures by beam cooling; A. Noda et al.- Nonlinear and multipole effects on optical lattice clock; V.D. Ovsiannikov et al.- Photorecombination of highly charged heavy ions; Ch.Kozhuharov and C. Brandau.-References
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