Molecules and Radiation - An Introduction to Modern Molecular Spectroscopy (Broché)

This unified treatment introduces upper-level undergraduates and graduate students to the concepts and methods of modern molecular spectroscopy and their applications to quantum electronics, lasers, and related optical phenomena. Starting with a review of the prerequisite quantum mechanical background, the text examines atomic spectra and diatomic molecules, including the rotation and vibration of diatomic molecules and their electronic spectra.
A discussion of rudimentary group theory advances to considerations of the rotational spectra of polyatomic molecules and their vibrational and electronic spectra ; molecular beams, masers, and lasers ; and a variety of forms of spectroscopy, including optical resonance spectroscopy, coherent transient spectroscopy, multiple-photon spectroscopy, and spectroscopy beyond molecular constants. The text concludes with a series of useful appendixes.
Dover (2005) slightly corrected republication of the second edition, published by The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1985. 188 figures. 15 tables. Appendixes. Problems. Index. XVIII+493pp. 5 3/8 x 8 1/2. Paperbound. Free Dover Mathematics and Science Catalog (59065-8) available upon request.