Molecules and Radiation: An Introduction to Modern Molecular Spectroscopy. Second Edition / Edition 2

by Jeffrey I. Steinfeld

Overview

This unified treatment introduces upper-level undergraduates and graduate students to the concepts and methods of modern molecular spectroscopy and their applications to quantum electronics, lasers, and related optical phenomena.
Starting with a review of the prerequisite quantum mechanical background, the text examines atomic spectra and diatomic molecules, including the rotation and vibration of diatomic molecules and their electronic spectra. A discussion of rudimentary group theory advances to considerations of the rotational spectra of polyatomic molecules and their vibrational and electronic spectra; molecular beams, masers, and lasers; and a variety of forms of spectroscopy, including optical resonance spectroscopy, coherent transient spectroscopy, multiple-photon spectroscopy, and spectroscopy beyond molecular constants. The text concludes with a series of useful appendixes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780486441528
Publisher:	Dover Publications
Publication date:	06/10/2005
Series:	Dover Books on Chemistry
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	528
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.03(d)

Table of Contents

Prefaces
1. Review of the Quantum Mechanical Background
2. Atomic Spectra
3. Diatomic Molecules
4. Rotation and Vibration of Diatomic Molecules
5. Electronic Spectra of Diatomic Molecules
6. Rudimentary Group Theory
7. Rotational Spectra of Polyatomic Molecules
8. Vibrational Spectra of Polyatomic Molecules
9. Electronic Spectra of Polyatomic Molecules
10. From Molecular Beams to Masers to Lasers
11. Optical Resonance Spectroscopy
12. Coherent Transient Spectroscopy
13. Multiple-Photon Spectroscopy
14. Spectroscopy beyond Molecular Constants
Appendixes
Problems
Index