Molecular Physics and Elements of Quantum Chemistry

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

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   Pages 1-7

3. Mechanical Properties of Molecules, Their Size and Mass

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   Pages 9-20

4. Molecules in Electric and Magnetic Fields

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   Pages 21-37

5. Introduction to the Theory of Chemical Bonding

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   Pages 39-66

6. Symmetries and Symmetry Operations: A First Overview

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   Pages 67-79

7. Symmetries and Symmetry Operations. A Systematic Approach

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   Pages 81-107

8. The Multi-Electron Problem in Molecular Physics and Quantum Chemistry

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   Pages 109-121

9. Overview of Molecular Spectroscopy Techniques

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   Pages 123-127

10. Rotational Spectroscopy

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    Pages 129-144

11. Vibrational Spectroscopy

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    Pages 145-169

12. The Quantum-Mechanical Treatment of Rotational and Vibrational Spectra

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    Pages 171-197

13. Raman Spectra

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    Pages 199-210

14. Electronic States

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    Pages 211-226

15. The Electronic Spectra of Molecules

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16. Further Remarks on the Techniques of Molecular Spectroscopy

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17. The Interaction of Molecules with Light: Quantum-Mechanical Treatment

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    Pages 269-296

18. Theoretical Treatment of the Raman Effect and the Elements of Nonlinear Optics

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    Pages 297-310

19. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

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    Pages 311-327

20. Electron Spin Resonance

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    Pages 329-350

This textbook is intended for use by students of physics, physical chemistry, and theoretical chemistry. The reader is presumed to have a basic knowledge of atomic and quantum physics at the level provided, for example, by the first few chapters in our book The Physics of Atoms and Quanta. The student of physics will find here material which should be included in the basic education of every physicist. This book should furthermore allow students to acquire an appreciation of the breadth and variety within the field of molecular physics and its future as a fascinating area of research. For the student of chemistry, the concepts introduced in this book will provide a theoretical framework for his or her field of study. With the help of these concepts, it is at least in principle possible to reduce the enormous body of empirical chemical knowledge to a few fundamental rules: those of quantum mechanics. In addition, modem physical methods whose fundamentals are introduced here are becoming increasingly important in chemistry and now represent indispensable tools for the chemist. As examples, we might mention the structural analysis of complex organic compounds, spectroscopic investigation of very rapid reaction processes or, as a practical application, the remote detection of pollutants in the air.

• Chemical Bond
• Molecular Spectroscopy
• Molekülphysik
• Molekülspektroskopie
• Quantenchemie
• Quantum Chemistry
• chemische Bindung
• molecular Physics
• molecule
• spectra

• Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

  Hermann Haken

• Physikalisches Institut, Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

  Hans Christoph Wolf

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