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Volume 13: Pages 437-443, 2000

Configuration Interaction, Synchrotron Radiation, and Ugo Fano: Vignettes of a Man and His Science

David L. Ederer

Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118 U.S.A.

The author reflects on the exciting early days of synchrotron radiation research at the National Bureau of Standards during the 1960s, to which Ugo Fano gave his insight and energy.

Keywords: synchrotron radiation, autoionization, doubly excited helium, Fano effect, Ugo Fano, atomic theory

Received: June 22, 2000; Published online: December 15, 2008