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Nesbet, Robert Kenyon was born on March 10, 1930 in Cleveland. Son of Clarence Kenyon and Elsie (Bowen) Nesbet.
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Variational Methods in Electron-Atom Scattering Theory (Physics of Atoms and Molecules)
(The investigation of scattering phenomena is a major them...)
The investigation of scattering phenomena is a major theme of modern physics. A scattered particle provides a dynamical probe of the target system. The practical problem of interest here is the scattering of a low energy electron by an N-electron atom. It has been difficult in this area of study to achieve theoretical results that are even qualitatively correct, yet quantitative accuracy is often needed as an adjunct to experiment. The present book describes a quantitative theoretical method, or class of methods, that has been applied effectively to this problem. Quantum mechanical theory relevant to the scattering of an electron by an N-electron atom, which may gain or lose energy in the process, is summarized in Chapter 1. The variational theory itself is presented in Chapter 2, both as currently used and in forms that may facilitate future applications. The theory of multichannel resonance and threshold effects, which provide a rich structure to observed electron-atom scattering data, is presented in Chapter 3. Practical details of the computational implementation of the variational theory are given in Chapter 4. Chapters 5 and 6 summarize recent appli cations of the variational theory to problems of experimental interest, with many examples of the successful interpretation of complex structural fea tures observed in scattering experiments, and of the quantitative prediction of details of electron-atom scattering phenomena.
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Variational Methods in Electron-Atom Scattering Theory (Physics of Solids and Liquids)
(The investigation of scattering phenomena is a major them...)
The investigation of scattering phenomena is a major theme of modern physics. A scattered particle provides a dynamical probe of the target system. The practical problem of interest here is the scattering of a low energy electron by an N-electron atom. It has been difficult in this area of study to achieve theoretical results that are even qualitatively correct, yet quantitative accuracy is often needed as an adjunct to experiment. The present book describes a quantitative theoretical method, or class of methods, that has been applied effectively to this problem. Quantum mechanical theory relevant to the scattering of an electron by an N-electron atom, which may gain or lose energy in the process, is summarized in Chapter 1. The variational theory itself is presented in Chapter 2, both as currently used and in forms that may facilitate future applications. The theory of multichannel resonance and threshold effects, which provide a rich structure to observed electron-atom scattering data, is presented in Chapter 3. Practical details of the computational implementation of the variational theory are given in Chapter 4. Chapters 5 and 6 summarize recent appli cations of the variational theory to problems of experimental interest, with many examples of the successful interpretation of complex structural fea tures observed in scattering experiments, and of the quantitative prediction of details of electron-atom scattering phenomena.
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Robert Kenyon Nesbet
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AB summa cum laude, Harvard University, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge U., England, 1954.
Career
Research associate, Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, 1954-1956; assistant professor physics, Boston University, 1956-1962; member of staff, Rundfunk im amerikanischen Sektor, Martin Company, Baltimore, summers 1958-1959; National Institutes of Health special research fellow, Institut Pasteur, Paris, 1960-1961; member of staff, Brookhaven National Laboratory, summer 1962; member of staff, International Business Machines Corporation Research Laboratory (now International Business Machines Corporation Almaden Research Center), San Jose, California, 1962-1994; emeritus, International Business Machines Corporation Almaden Research Center, San Jose, since 1994. Visiting professor of chemistry University of Wisconsin, 1967. Visiting professor physics U. Paris, 1973, U. Kaiserslautern (Federal Republic Germany), 1979-1980.
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Variational Methods in Electron-Atom Scattering Theory (Physics of Atoms and Molecules)
(The investigation of scattering phenomena is a major them...)
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Variational Methods in Electron-Atom Scattering Theory (Physics of Solids and Liquids)
(The investigation of scattering phenomena is a major them...)
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Variational Methods in Electron-Atom Scattering Theory (Physics of Atoms and Molecules)
Membership
Fellow American Physical Society. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Materials Research Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
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Married Helen MacPherson, July 17, 1958 (divorced July 1988). Children: Anne, Susan, Barbara. Married Joan Bricker, February 24, 1989.
