The Second Edition of this highly regarded text continues to provide a systematic treatment of density matrix techniques. The text discusses basic principles and recent studies in atomic and molecular reactions. A new chapter explores the role of orientation and alignment in molecular physics.
from a review of the First Edition: '[The author's] clear pedagogic style makes this a very useful reference work for readers who want to learn density matrix theory. ... Highly recommended, particularly for graduate school physics libraries.' Choice
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)
"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)