Basics of Molecular Physics

Contents: Preface. 1. The Density Matrix. 2. Charged particle in a magnetic field. 3. Tensor operators. 4. Variational methods. 5. Time-independent perturbation theory. 6. Electrons in one dimension. 7. Van Der Waals forces between atoms. 8. Higher order perturbation theory. 9. Time-dependent perturbation theory. 10. Photoelectric effect in hydrogen. 11. Quantizing radiation. 12. Scattering theory. 13. More scattering. 14. Electromagnetic radiation. 15. Spectroscopy. 16. Mass spectrometry. 17. Optical radiation detectors. 18. Diffraction. 19. Wave optics. 20. Nuclear physics. 21. Accelerators. 22. Nuclear Masses. 23. Quantum Numbers. 24. Nuclear models. 25. The fundamental forces.

"The richly illustrated book comprehensively explains the important principles of diatomic and polyatomic molecules and their spectra in two separate, distinct parts. The first part concentrates on the theoretical aspects of molecular physics. The theoretical part then concludes with a discussion of the field of Van Der Waals molecules and clusters. The second part is devoted entirely to experimental techniques, such as laser, Fourier, NMR, and ESR spectroscopies, used in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, and material, science." (jacket)