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Selected Topics of the Theory of Chemical Elementary Processes

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  • © 1978

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Authors:
  1. Evgueni E. Nikitin

    1. Institute of Chemical Physics, Academy of Sciences of U.S.S.R., Moscow, U.S.S.R.

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  2. Lutz Zülicke

    1. Central Institute of Physical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of G.D.R., Berlin-Adlershof, G.D.R.

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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Chemistry (LNC, volume 8)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-IX
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  2. Introduction

    • Evgueni E. Nikitin, Lutz Zülicke
    Pages 1-5

  3. Basic Concepts and Phenomenological Description

    • Evgueni E. Nikitin, Lutz Zülicke
    Pages 6-31

  4. Dynamics of Atomic and Molecular Collisions: Electronically Adiabatic Processes

    • Evgueni E. Nikitin, Lutz Zülicke
    Pages 32-94

  5. Classical-Limit and Semiclassical Approaches to the Calculation of Molecular Collisional Transition Probabilities

    • Evgueni E. Nikitin, Lutz Zülicke
    Pages 95-122

  6. Theory of Non-Adiabatic Transitions in Atomic and Molecular Collision Processes

    • Evgueni E. Nikitin, Lutz Zülicke
    Pages 123-160

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 161-175
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Introduction 1 1. 2. Basic Concepts and Phenomenological Description 6 2.1. Separation of the Center-of-Mass Motion 8 2.2. Separation of Electronic and Nuclear Motions. Interaction Potentials (Potential-Energy Surfaces) 11 2.2.1. Heuristic Considerations 11 2.2.2. Born-Oppenheimer Separation. Adiabatic Approximation, 16 Present State of Potential-Energy-Burface 2.2.3. Calculations 23 2.3. Scattering Channels ~6 2.4. Classification of Elementary Processes. Microscopic Mechanism 27 D.ynamics of Atomic and Molecular Collisions: 3. Electronically Adiabatic Processes 32 Classical Approach 3.1. 33 Some Arguments for the Reliability of the Classical Approach 33 Atom-Atom Collisions. Elastic Scattering 34 Quasiclassical Treatment of Elementary Processes in Triatomic Systems: Inelastic and Reactive Scattering 44 IV Examples of Results of Trajectory Calculations 59 3.1.4. 64 Elements of Quantum-Mechanical Methods 3.2. Correspondence of Classical and Quantum­ 3.2.1. 64 Mechanical Theories Time-Dependent Scattering Theory 71 3.2.2. Stationary Scattering Theory 77 3.2.3. One-Dimensional Scattering 78 3.2.3.1 • Three-Dimensional Elastic Scattering 83 3.2.3.2. Rearrangement Scattering (Reactions) 85 3.2.3.3. Examples of Quantum-Mechanical Calculations 3.2.4.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Chemical Physics, Academy of Sciences of U.S.S.R., Moscow, U.S.S.R.

    Evgueni E. Nikitin

  • Central Institute of Physical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of G.D.R., Berlin-Adlershof, G.D.R.

    Lutz Zülicke

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Selected Topics of the Theory of Chemical Elementary Processes

  • Authors: Evgueni E. Nikitin, Lutz Zülicke

  • Series Title: Lecture Notes in Chemistry

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-93087-4

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1978

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-08768-7Published: 01 June 1978

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-93087-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0342-4901

  • Series E-ISSN: 2192-6603

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 176

  • Topics: Physical Chemistry, Theoretical and Computational Chemistry

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