This book is a comprehensive introduction to electron-atom collisions,
covering both theory and experiment. The interaction of electrons with
atoms is the field that most deeply probes both the structure and
reaction dynamics of a many-body system. The book begins with a short
account of experimental techniques of cross-section measurement. It then
introduces the essential quantum mechanics background needed. The
following chapters cover one-electron problems (from the classic
particle in a box to a relativistic electron in a central potential),
the theory of atomic bound states, formal scattering theory, calculation
of scattering amplitudes, spin-independent and spin-dependent scattering
observables, ionisation and electron momentum spectroscopy. The
connections between experimental and theoretical developments are
emphasised throughout.