Spectra and Dynamics of Small Molecules
Alexander von Humboldt Lectures
Authors: Field, Robert W.
Free Preview- A clear and concise presentation of essential topics in small-molecule spectroscopy
- Author's long teaching experience and skilful use of analogy greatly aid understanding
- Lectures given as part of the author's program as visiting professor, supported by a prestigious Humboldt fellowship
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- About this book
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These seven lectures are intended to serve as an introduction for beginning graduate students to the spectra of small molecules. The author succeeds in illustrating the concepts by using language and metaphors that capture and elegantly convey simple insights into dynamics that lie beyond archival molecular constants. The lectures can simultaneously be viewed as a collection of interlocking special topics that have fascinated the author and his students over the years. Though neither a textbook nor a scholarly monograph, the book provides an illuminating perspective that will benefit students and researchers alike.
- About the authors
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Robert Field is the Haslam and Dewey Professor of Chemistry at MIT. His research specialties include dynamics encoded in frequency domain spectra of small, gas phase molecules, at high excitation, where all standard energy level patterns are broken: spectroscopic perturbations, Rydberg states, and unimolecular isomerization. His favorite experimental techniques include Stimulated Emission Pumping and Chirped Pulse Millimeter Wave spectroscopy.
- Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-11
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Hierarchy of Terms in the Effective Hamiltonian
Pages 13-31
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Spectroscopic Perturbations: Homogeneous and Heterogeneous
Pages 33-46
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The Effective Hamiltonian for Diatomic Molecules
Pages 47-68
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Rotation of Polyatomic Molecules
Pages 69-84
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Spectra and Dynamics of Small Molecules
- Book Subtitle
- Alexander von Humboldt Lectures
- Authors
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- Robert W. Field
- Series Title
- Lecture Notes in Physics
- Series Volume
- 900
- Copyright
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing Switzerland
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-15958-4
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-15958-4
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-15957-7
- Series ISSN
- 0075-8450
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XII, 153
- Number of Illustrations
- 27 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour
- Topics