Emphasizing a physical understanding with many illustrations, Introduction to the Physics of Highly Charged Ions covers the major areas of x-ray radiation and elementary atomic processes occurring with highly charged ions in hot laboratory and astrophysical plasmas. Topics include light and ion sources, spectroscopy, atomic structure, magnetic and

Heinrich F. Beyer, Viateheslav P. Shevelko

Preface. Introduction. Radiation. Spectroscopy. Light and ion sources. Atomic structure. Atomic collisions. Appendix. Atomic physics in chronological order. Index.