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Table of Contents

I : Theory.- Scattering of Light by Free Electrons as a Test of Quantum Theory.- Zitterbewegung in Radiative Processes.- Charged Particles at Potential Steps.- New Solutions of the Dirac Equation for Central Fields.- The Role of the Duality Rotation in the Dirac Theory.- Brief History and Recent Developments in Electron Theory and Quantumelectrodynamics.- The Explicit Nonlinearity of Quantum Electrodynamics.- On the Mathematical Procedures of Selffield Quantumelectrodynamics.- Non-Linear Gauge Invariant Field Theories of the Electron and Other Elementary Particles.- How to Identify an Electron in an External Field.- The Electron and the Dressed Molecule.- Scattering Chaos in the Harmonically Driven Morse System.- II: Experiment.- Experiments with Single Electrons.- Experiments on the Interaction of Intense Fields with Electrons.- Ionization in Linearly and Circularly Polarized Microwave Fields.- Multiple Harmonic Generation in Rare Gases at High Laser Intensity.- Absorption and Emission of Radiation During Electron Excitation of Atoms.- Penning Ionization in Intense Laser Fields.- Microwave Ionization of H Atoms: Experiments in Classical and Quantal Dynamics.- The Electron 1990 Workshop List of Participants.

About the Author

David Hesteness is awarded the Oersted Medal for 2002.
The Oersted Award recognizes notable contributions to the teaching of physics. It is the most prestigious award conferred by the American Association of Physics Teachers.

Reviews

' ...the book is well worth acquiring for the departmental library, even in these times of tight budgets. ' American Association of Physics Teachers 60:11 1992