Overview
- Deals with the basics and application of density matrix theory to atomic and molecular physics
- Presents an elegant way to describe processes in atomic physics with a minimum amount of formulas
- Comprehensive introduction to the theory Includes advanced applications of the theory in atomic and molecular physics
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics (SSAOPP, volume 64)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
Keywords
- angular momentum theory
- coupled systems
- density matrix theory
- nonseparability and entanglement in two-particle
- orientation and alignment in molecular
- processes.
- quantum beats
- quantum theory of relaxation
- radiation from polarized atoms
- scattering and transition operators
- spin-1/2 systems
- theoretical atomic physics
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Reviews
From the reviews of the third edition:
“This book under review is of introductory nature being very useful and forming an effective foundation on the powerful density matrix formalism that was originally introduced by von Neumann to describe certain statistical concepts in the then (1927) fashionable quantum mechanics. … The author’s worthy efforts in bringing out the latest edition are quite commendable, as the work would definitely help much in the study and research in the atomic and molecular processes as well as interactions.” (Paninjukunnath Achuthan, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1242, 2012)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Density Matrix Theory and Applications
Authors: Karl Blum
Series Title: Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20561-3
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-20560-6Published: 13 January 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-43095-4Published: 22 February 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-20561-3Published: 13 January 2012
Series ISSN: 1615-5653
Series E-ISSN: 2197-6791
Edition Number: 3
Number of Pages: XVIII, 346
Topics: Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics, Mathematical Methods in Physics, Quantum Physics, Physical Chemistry, Math. Applications in Chemistry