Semiclassical mechanics with molecular applications

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Semiclassical mechanics with molecular applications

by M.S. Child

(International series of monographs on chemistry, 25)

Clarendon Press , Oxford University Press, 1991

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Includes bibliographical (p. [397]-407) and indexes

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Semiclassical mechanics relates Newton's classical theory to modern quantum mechanics in a manner designed for the interpretation of the most recent experiments. The theory is physically intuitive and computationally accurate and is particularly powerful for large quantum numbers - hence it has special reference to atomic, nuclear, and molecular physics - but it also proves to be remarkably accurate even for the lowest quantum states. This book gives a comprehensive account of the application of the theory to molecular systems, with particular attention paid to the problems of non-separability. Although it is primarily a research monograph, the inclusion of problems at the end of each chapter makes this book equally applicable as a graduate text.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • Phase integral approximations
  • Quantization
  • Angle-action variables
  • Matrix elements
  • Semiclassical inversion methods
  • Non-separable bound motion
  • Atom-atom scattering
  • The classical S Matrix
  • Reactive scattering
  • Wavepackets
  • Appendices.

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