| Optical Polarization of Molecules Revised Edition Contributor(s): Auzinsh, Marcis (Author), Ferber, Ruvin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521673445 ISBN-13: 9780521673440 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $67.44 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2005 Annotation: This book explains the theory and methods by which gas molecules can be polarized by light, a subject of considerable importance for what it tells us about the electronic structure of molecules and properties of chemical reactions. Starting with a brief review of molecular angular momentum, the text goes on to consider resonant absorption, fluorescence, photodissociation and photoionization, as well as collisions and static fields. A variety of macroscopic effects are considered, among them angular distribution and the polarization of emitted light, ground state depopulation, laser-induced dichroism, the effect of collisions and external magnetic and electric field effects. Most examples in the book are for diatomic molecules, but symmetric-top polyatomic molecules are also included. The book concludes with a short appendix of essential formulae, tables for vector calculus, spherical functions, Wigner rotation matrices, Clebsch-Gordan coefficients, and methods for expansion over irreducible tensors. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Physics - Nuclear - Science | Physics - Quantum Theory - Science | Physics - Atomic & Molecular |
| Dewey: 539.6 |
| Series: Cambridge Monographs on Atomic, Molecular and Chemical Physics |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.74" W x 9.58" (1.15 lbs) 324 pages |
