Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary concepts -- Hydrogen -- Radiative transitions -- The shell model and alkali spectra -- Angular momentum -- Helium and exchange symmetry -- Fine structure and nuclear effects -- External fields: the Zeeman and Stark effects -- Stimulated emission and lasers -- Cold atoms -- Atomic physics applied to the solid state -- Atomic physics in astronomy.

"This concise and accessible book provides a detailed introduction to the fundamental principles of atomic physics at an undergraduate level. Concepts are explained in an intuitive way and the book assumes only a basic knowledge of quantum mechanics and electromagnetism"-- Provided by publisher.