This indispensable resource offers unparalleled coverage in a single volume of the many interrelated disciplines of atomic, molecular, and optical (AMO) physics

Along with a summary of key ideas, techniques, and results, many chapters offer you diagrams of apparatus, graphs, and tables of data

From atomic spectroscopy to applications in comets, one finds contributions from over 100 leading authors, all carefully edited to ensure uniformity of coverage and style

Provides a unique starting point for graduate students who are beginning their research, with a comprehensive index for easy discovery of topics, whilst also acting as a guide to the literature for further reading