INTRODUCTION TO THE QUANTUM WORLD OF ATOMS AND MOLECULES / Jens P. Dahl
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| | | | | | INTRODUCTION TO THE QUANTUM WORLD OF ATOMS AND MOLECULES. | | xiii, 460 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. | | An integrated introduction to the quantum world of atoms and molecules. The fundamental concepts in the theory of atomic and molecular structure are discussed, as are the central techniques needed in quantum-chemical applications. End-of-chapter problems supplement the main text. | | The Rise of Atomic Theory -- Early Atomic Theories -- The Chemical Atom -- The Kinetic Molecule -- The Spectroscopic Atom -- Antiatomism -- The Discovery of the Electron. The Planetary Atom -- The Constituents of Atoms and Molecules. The Modern View -- External Interactions. Photons -- The Birth of Quantum Mechanics -- Black-Body Radiation and Planck's Discovery -- Photons and the Photoelectric Effect -- The Photon is a Relativistic Particle -- The Heat-Capacity Problem -- Bohr's Theory of the Hydrogen Atom -- De Broglie Waves -- Wave Mechanics -- The Time-Dependent Schrodinger Equation -- The Time-Independent Schrodinger Equation -- Schrodinger Operators -- The Statistical Interpretation -- Particle in a Box -- The One-Dimensional Box -- Orthogonality of Wavefunctions -- Number of Nodes Versus Energy -- Inversion Symmetry -- The Three-Dimensional Box -- The Concept of Degeneracy -- The Free-Electron Model -- Non-Stationary States -- Quantum-Mechanical Operators -- The Bra-Ket Notation -- Linear Operators. The Commutator -- Hermitian Operators. Hermitian Conjugation -- Some Properties of Hermitian Operators -- Expectation Values and Uncertainties -- The Particle in a Box Revisited -- Commuting Hermitian Operators -- The General Uncertainty Principle -- Quantum Theory and Measurements -- Matrix Algebra -- The Free Particle -- The Stationary States of the Free Particle -- Non-Stationary States of the Free Particle -- The Gaussian Wave Packet -- From One to Three Dimensions -- The Harmonic Oscillator. | | ISBN 9789810245658. | | | | 1. Quantum theory 2. Atoms 3. Molecules.I. Title | | Control No. : 28403 | | | Library : UiTM Shah Alam |
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