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- Offers a concise overview of molecular quantum electrodynamics (QED) theory
- Presents step-by-step calculations of retarded dispersion potentials
- Provides numerous examples, including contributions from higher multipoles
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science (BRIEFSMOLECULAR)
Part of the book sub series: SpringerBriefs in Electrical and Magnetic Properties of Atoms, Molecules, and Clusters (BRIEFSMAGNET)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book provides details of the calculation of the interaction between two neutral polarizable atoms or molecules using molecular quantum electrodynamics (QED). To better understand the origin of this force, it briefly outlines molecular QED theory, the well-known van der Waals dispersion potential first evaluated by Casimir and Polder, who accounted for retardation effects. It presents different calculation schemes for the evaluation of the dispersion potential and also discusses energy shifts involving electric quadrupole and octupole moments, along with discriminatory dispersion potentials. Further, it explores in detail non-additive dispersion interaction energies between three-bodies, as well as the effects of higher multipole moment correction terms, and provides results for specific geometries such as collinear and equilateral triangles. Lastly, it computes near and far-zone asymptotic limits for both pair and many-body potentials, with the former shown to agree with less rigorous semi-classical calculations.
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Chemistry, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, USA
Akbar Salam
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Non-Relativistic QED Theory of the van der Waals Dispersion Interaction
Authors: Akbar Salam
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45606-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-45604-1Published: 10 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-45606-5Published: 29 September 2016
Series ISSN: 2191-5407
Series E-ISSN: 2191-5415
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 105
Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations
Topics: Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Math. Applications in Chemistry