Operator Techniques in Atomic Spectroscopy - Brossura

Judd, Brian R.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0691059012 ISBN 13: 9780691059013

Casa editrice: Princeton Univ Pr, 1998

Riassunto

In the 1920s, when quantum mechanics was in its infancy, chemists and solid state physicists had little choice but to manipulate unwieldy equations to determine the properties of even the simplest molecules. When mathematicians turned their attention to the equations of quantum mechanics, they discovered that these could be expressed in terms of group theory, and from group theory it was a short step to operator methods.This important development lay largely dormant until this book was originally published in 1963. In this pathbreaking publication, Brian Judd made the operator techniques of mathematicians comprehensible to physicists and chemists. He extended the existing methods so that they could handle heavier, more complex molecules and calculate their energy levels, and from there, it was another short step to the mathematical analysis of spectra. This book provides a first-class introduction to continuous groups for physicists and chemists. Although first written from the perspective of atomic spectroscopy, its major topics and methods will appeal to anyone who has an interest in understanding particle theories of nuclear physics.

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Contenuti

	Preface to the Paperback Edition
	Preface
Ch. 1	Classical Methods	1
Ch. 2	Crystal Fields	25
Ch. 3	The n-j Symbols	54
Ch. 4	Configurations of two Electrons	76
Ch. 5	Continuous Groups	95
Ch. 6	Seniority	154
Ch. 7	Fractional Parentage Coefficients	166
Ch. 8	Configurations of More than Two Equivalent Electrons	193
App. 1	Radial Integrals for Hydrogenic Eigenfunctions	225
App. 2	The Coefficients (UL\U'L' + f) and (WU\W'U' + f)	227
	References	233
	Index	237

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"Throughout, I have had in mind the experimentalist who wishes to grasp the principles of the theory (of continuous groups) and learn how to apply them to physical problems."--From the introduction

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Princeton Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0691059012
• ISBN 13: 9780691059013
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 242
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• Persona responsabile: non disponibile