TY - BOOK AU - Field,Robert W. TI - Spectra and dynamics of small molecules: Alexander von Humboldt Lectures T2 - Lecture notes in physics, SN - 9783319159584 AV - QC454.M6 F54 2015eb U1 - 543/.54 23 PY - 2015/// CY - Cham PB - Springer KW - Molecular spectroscopy KW - Molecular spectra KW - Chemistry KW - Physics KW - Physical Sciences & Mathematics KW - Atomic Physics KW - Physical & Theoretical Chemistry KW - Atomic/Molecular Structure and Spectra KW - Spectroscopy/Spectrometry KW - Quantum Physics KW - Spectrum analysis, spectrochemistry, mass spectrometry KW - bicssc KW - Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory) KW - Nuclear physics KW - Science KW - Spectroscopy & Spectrum Analysis KW - bisacsh KW - Quantum Theory KW - Molecular Physics KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Preface -- Introduction -- Hierarchy of Terms in the Effective Hamiltonian -- Spectroscopic Perturbations: Homogeneous and Heterogeneous -- The Effective Hamiltonian for Diatomic Molecules -- Rotation of Polyatomic Molecules -- Quantum Beats.- The Effective Hamiltonian for Polyatomic Molecule Vibration -- Intramolecular Dynamics: Representations, Visualizations and Mechanisms N2 - These seven lectures are intended to serve as an introduction for beginning graduate students to the spectra of small molecules. The author succeeds in illustrating the concepts by using language and metaphors that capture and elegantly convey simple insights into dynamics that lie beyond archival molecular constants. The lectures can simultaneously be viewed as a collection of interlocking special topics that have fascinated the author and his students over the years. Though neither a textbook nor a scholarly monograph, the book provides an illuminating perspective that will benefit students and researchers alike UR - https://link-springer-com.libraryproxy.ist.ac.at/10.1007/978-3-319-15958-4 ER -