R. Guy Woolley

Foundations of Molecular Quantum Electrodynamics (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book presents a comprehensive account of molecular quantum electrodynamics from the perspectives of physics and theoretical chemistry. The first part of the book establishes the essential concepts underlying classical electrodynamics, using the tools of Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics. The second part focuses on the fundamentals of quantum mechanics, particularly how they relate to, and influence, chemical and molecular processes. The special case of the Coulomb Hamiltonian (including the celebrated Born-Oppenheimer approximation) is given a modern treatment. The final part of the book is devoted to non-relativistic quantum electrodynamics and describes in detail its impact upon our understanding of atoms and molecules, and their interaction with light. Particular attention is paid to the Power-Zienau-Woolley (PZW) representations, and both perturbative and non-perturbative approaches to QED calculation are discussed. This book is ideal for graduate students and researchers in chemical and molecular physics, quantum chemistry, and theoretical chemistry.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009225755
• Artikelnr.: 66177787

Autorenporträt

R. Guy Woolley is Emeritus Professor of Chemical Physics at Nottingham Trent University. In 1978 he was awarded the Royal Society of Chemistry Marlow Medal, and he was elected Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1995 'for fundamental advances in the proper description of molecules and their interaction with radiation'. He is responsible for the development of the Power-Zienau-Woolley transformation, one of the most widely used methods in molecular quantum electrodynamics.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Part I. The Classical World: 1. Introduction
2. Classical electromagnetism
3. Dynamics of charges and the electromagnetic field
4. The classical free electromagnetic field. Part II. Quantum Theory: 5. The quantum mechanical formalism
6. Perturbation methods
7. Quantisation of the electromagnetic field
8. The Coulomb Hamiltonian. Part III. Non-relativistic Quantum Electrodynamics: 9. The quantisation of electrodynamics
10. Quantum electrodynamics and perturbation theory
11. Quantum electrodynamics beyond perturbation theory
12. Quantum electrodynamics and molecular structure
Appendices
Index.