Individual course details
Study programme			Theoretical and Experimental Physics
Chosen research area (module)
Nature and level of studies			Master Studies
Name of the course			Physics of Atomic Collision Processes
Professor (lectures)			Dragoljub Belic
Professor/associate (examples/practical)			Sava Galijas
Professor/associate (additional)
ECTS		10	Status (required/elective)	elective
Access requirements	Physics of atoms, Physics of Molecules, Quantum physics
Aims of the course	To introduce students in scientific disciplines of physics of atomic collision processes, To provide basic knowledge of experimental and theoretical methods and expected results of the research in the physics of atomic collision processes.
Learning outcomes	Getting basic knowledge in the field of physics of atomic collision processes . Definition of terms to describe the collisions. Classification of atomic collision processes . Expected outcomes are acquiring knowledge and developing skills, as well as prospects for doing research work in this field.
Contents of the course
Lectures	The importance of atomic collision processes for exploring the structure of atomic particles. Introduction to basic concepts in physics of atomic collision processes. Types of collisions and classification of atomic collision processes. Interaction of electrons with atoms and molecules . Elastic collisions. Electronic, rotational and vibrational excitation. Ionization and dissociation . Dissociative ionization and dissociative attachment. Interaction of electrons with ions of atoms and molecules . Dielectronic recombination. Description of the experimental devices. Review of basic theoretical models to describe the collision. Interaction of heavy particles, ionization, charge exchange processes. Probability distribution of electrons from different energy levels. Interaction with surfaces. Atomic collision processes relevant to controlled thermonuclear fusion.
Examples/ practical classes	Practical classes are held in some of the experimental laboratories dealing with atomic collision processes , depending on the specific issues that are defined for each student individually.
Recommended books
1	Atomic and Molecular Collision Processes, by M. R. Flannery, in Physicists’ DeskReference, Third Edition (AIPSpringer Press, New York, 2003), Chap. 6, pp145-241.
2	Bransden, BH; Joachain, CJ (2002). Physics of Atoms and Molecules, 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-582-35692-X.
3	Foot, C J (2004). Atomic Physics. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850696-1.
4	Springer Handbook of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, Drake, Gordon W.F. (Ed.), Parts D, E, 2nd ed., 2006, LVIII, 1506 p.
Number of classes (weekly)
Lectures	Examples&practicals		Student project	Additional
6	2	2
Teaching and learning methods	Lectures (theoretical elaboration of thematic units, research seminars), calculation exercises, experimental work (experimental exercises, demonstration experiments, working in research labs) .
Assessment (maximal 100)
assesed coursework		mark	examination	mark
coursework		15	written examination	20
practicals		20	oral examination	30
papers		15
presentations