Atomic physics has played a central role in the development of modern physics. Progress was based on newly invented scientific methods and experimental tools and today these techniques are successfully employed in a wide variety of highly active areas in modern research, extending from investigations of most fundamental interactions in physics to experiments related to topics in applied sciences and technical aspects. With steadily increasing importance they are found in areas well outside of classical atomic physics in fields such as nuclear and particle physics, metrology, physics of condensed matter and surfaces, physical chemistry, chemistry, medicine and environmental research. This book gives a thorough survey of the methods and techniques in key experiments of interdisciplinary 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.