The Semiclassical Way to Dynamics and Spectroscopy (eBook)

Eric J. Heller (Autor)

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2018
472 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-9029-3 (ISBN)

Infos

A graduate-level text that examines the semiclassical approach to quantum mechanicsPhysical systems have been traditionally described in terms of either classical or quantum mechanics. But in recent years, semiclassical methods have developed rapidly, providing deep physical insight and computational tools for quantum dynamics and spectroscopy. In this book, Eric Heller introduces and develops this subject, demonstrating its power with many examples.  In the first half of the book, Heller covers relevant aspects of classical mechanics, building from them the semiclassical way through the semiclassical limit of the Feynman path integral. The second half of the book applies this approach to various kinds of spectroscopy, such as molecular spectroscopy and electron imaging and quantum dynamical systems with an emphasis on tunneling. Adopting a distinctly time-dependent viewpoint, Heller argues for semiclassical theories from experimental and theoretical vantage points valuable to research in physics and chemistry. Featuring more than two hundred figures, the book provides a geometric, phase-space, and coordinate-space pathway to greater understanding.Filled with practical examples and applications, The Semiclassical Way to Dynamics and Spectroscopy is a comprehensive presentation of the tools necessary to successfully delve into this unique area of quantum mechanics.A comprehensive approach for using classical mechanics to do quantum mechanicsMore than two hundred figures to assist intuitionEmphasis on semiclassical Green function and wave packet perspective, as well as tunneling and spectroscopyChapters include quantum mechanics of classically chaotic systems, quantum scarring, and other modern dynamical topics

Autor

Eric J. Heller is the Abbott and James Lawrence Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Physics at Harvard University and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. He is the author of Why You Hear What You Hear (Princeton).

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.6.2018
• Zusatzinfo: 213 b/w illus.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Schlagworte: Absorption spectroscopy • Action (physics) • adiabatic theorem • Amplitude • Approximation • Atomic physics • autocorrelation • Basis set (chemistry) • Bessel function • Born–Oppenheimer approximation • chaos theory • classical mechanics • Coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy • Condensed matter physics • Conical intersection • Correlation function (quantum field theory) • Degeneracy (mathematics) • Degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry) • Degrees of freedom (statistics) • diffraction • Dimension • Dirac delta function • Eigenfunction • Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors • Electron Configuration • energy level • Equation • Ergodicity • Expectation value (quantum mechanics) • Fermi level • Fermion • Fermi's golden rule • Fourier transform • Fractional quantum Hall effect • Gauge Theory • ground state • hamiltonian mechanics • Harmonic oscillator • Hartree–Fock method • Heteroclinic orbit • Introduction to quantum mechanics • Ionization energy • Lippmann–Schwinger equation • Mathematical formulation of quantum mechanics • Molecular Vibration • Molecule • neutron scattering • Nucleon • Optical Theorem • particle statistics • Partition function (statistical mechanics) • perturbation theory • Perturbation theory (quantum mechanics) • Phase space • Photon • plane wave • Point particle • potential energy surface • Probability • Propagator • quantum • Quantum Chaos • Quantum Chemistry • quantum decoherence • quantum dynamics • quantum electrodynamics • quantum entanglement • quantum ergodicity • Quantum fluctuation • Quantum Hall Effect • quantum harmonic oscillator • quantum mechanics • Quantum number • Quantum Optics • Quantum oscillations (experimental technique) • quantum point contact • Quantum Reflection • quantum state • quantum statistical mechanics • quantum system • quantum tunnelling • raman scattering • Raman spectroscopy • Rayleigh scattering • scattering • spectroscopy • Statistical ensemble (mathematical physics) • Superfluidity • synchrotron • Synchrotron radiation • Thermodynamic Equilibrium • Time evolution • two-dimensional space • Valence electron • Variational method (quantum mechanics) • Wavelength • Wave Packet • Wave–particle duality • WKB approximation • Zero-point Energy
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-9029-2 / 1400890292
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-9029-3 / 9781400890293