Description
Book SynopsisThis book describes the use of modern computational methods in predicting high resolution molecular spectra, which allows the experimental spectroscopist to interpret and assign real spectra. aeo Offers a comprehensive treatment of modern computation techniques.
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Table of ContentsPartial table of contents:
The Born-Oppenheimer Approximation (P. Bunker & P. Jensen).
ELECTRONIC STATES.
Ab Initio Determination of Accurate Ground Electronic State Potential Energy Hypersurfaces for Small Molecules (A. Császár, et al.).
Symmetry Adapted Perturbation Theory Applied to the Computation of Intermolecular Forces (R. Moszynski, et al.).
The Ab Initio Calculation of Molecular Properties Other than the Potential Energy Surface (S. Sauer & M. Packer).
ROTATION-VIBRATION STATES.
Perturbation Theory, Effective Hamiltonians and Force Constants (K. Sarka & J. Demaison).
Variational Calculations of Rotation-Vibration Spectra (J. Tennyson).
ROVIBRONIC STATES AND THE BREAKDOWN OF THE BORN-OPPENHEIMER APPROXIMATION.
The Renner Effect (P. Jensen, et al.).
The Renner-Teller Effect: The Effective Hamiltonian Approach (J. Brown).
DYNAMICS.
Forming Superposition States (T. Seideman).
Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics (J. Tse & R. Rousseau).
Index.
