This book covers the fundamentals of quantum mechanics and some of its most important chemical applications: vibrational and rotational spectroscopy and electronic structure of atoms and molecules. The book is organized systematically with each chapter preparing the student for the more advanced chapters and complex applications.
This book covers the fundamentals of quantum mechanics and some of its most important chemical applications: vibrational and rotational spectroscopy and electronic structure of atoms and molecules. The book is organized systematically with each chapter preparing the student for the more advanced chapters and complex applications.
Steven A. Adelman was born and grew up in Chicago. He received a Ph.D. from Harvard University in Chemical Physics in 1972. He then became a post-doctoral fellow first at MIT and then at the University of Chicago. In 1975 he joined the Chemistry faculty of Purdue University as an Assistant Professor and was promoted to Full Professor in 1981. He is now Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at Purdue. Adelman is a theoretical chemist whose research is centered in the field of statistical mechanics and he has contributed to several areas in that field. His most important contribution is to lay the physical, mathematical and computational foundations of the new field of chemical reaction dynamics in condensed matter, especially reaction dynamics on solid surfaces and in liquid solutions. Adelman has been awarded both Alfred P. Sloan and John Simon Guggenheim Memorial fellowships. He is a fellow of both the American Physical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has been listed in Marquis' Who's who in America every year since 1985 and has been listed four times in Marquis' Who's who in the world.
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Chapter 1 Toward Quantum Mechanics Chapter 2 Mathematics for Quantum Mechanics Chapter 3 The Schrodinger Equation and the Particle-in-a-Box Chapter 4 Wave Functions and Experimental Outcomes Chapter 5 Commutation Rules and Uncertainty Relations Chapter 6 Stationary and Non-stationary Quantum States Chapter 7 The Harmonic Oscillator Chapter 8 Rigid Rotations and Rotational Angular Momentum Chapter 9 Diatomic Rotational-Vibrational Spectroscopy Chapter 10 The Hydrogen-Like Atoms Chapter 11 Approximation Methods Chapter 12 Electrons in Atoms Chapter 13 Molecular Electronic Structure and Chemical Bonding
