Atom-Field Interactions and Dressed Atoms (Paperback)

Preface; 1. Classical electromagnetic field in the absence of sources; 2. Quantum electromagnetic field in the absence of sources; 3. The quantum matter field; 4. Electrodynamics in the presence of sources; 5. Atoms dressed by a real electromagnetic field; 6. Dressing by zero-point fluctuations; 7. Energy density around dressed atoms; 8. Further considerations on the nature of dressed states; Appendices.