M. S. Child (Universit Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Chemistry

Semiclassical Mechanics with Molecular Applications

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The second edition of a comprehensive text designed for advanced graduate courses in quantum mechanics. The title word 'semiclassical' highlights the novelty of the work which emphasizes the influence of classical mechanics on the behaviour of quantum mechanical systems.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• 2 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 444
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 174mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 992g
• ISBN-13: 9780199672981
• ISBN-10: 0199672989
• Artikelnr.: 42389417

Autorenporträt

Cambridge: BA, PhD (1956-62). Glasgow: Lecturer (1963-66). Oxford: Lecturer (1966-89), Reader (1989-94), Coulson Professor of Theoretical Chemistry (1994-2004). Fellow of Royal Society (1989). Visiting professorships: Jerusalem, Paris, Grenoble, Colorado. Invited lectureships: William Draper Harkins (Chicago), Condon (Colorado), Tilden (Royal Society of Chemistry), Boys-Rahman (Royal Society of Chemistry). Conference Chairman: NATO ASI (1977, 1979), Royal Society Discussion (1996), Faraday Discussion (2004).

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction
2: Phase Integral Approximations
3: Quantization
4: Angle-Action Variables
5: Matrix Elements
6: Semiclassical Inversion Methods
7: Non-Separable Bound Motion
8: Wavepackets
9: Atom-Atom Scattering
10: The Classical S Matrix
11: Reactive Scattering
Appendix A: Phase Integral Techniques
Appendix B: Uniform Approximations and Diffraction Integrals
Appendix C: Transformations in Classical and Quantum Mechanics
Appendix D: The Onset of Chaos
Appendix E: Angle-Action Transformations
Appendix F: The Monodromy Matrix
Appendix G: Solutions to Problems