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An invaluable reference for an overall but simple approach to the complexity of quantum mechanics viewed through quantum oscillators Quantum oscillators play a fundamental role in many areas of physics; for instance, in chemical physics with molecular normal modes, in solid state physics with phonons, and in quantum theory of light with photons. Quantum Oscillators is a timely and visionary book which presents these intricate topics, broadly covering the properties of quantum oscillators which are usually dispersed in the literature at varying levels of detail and often combined with other…mehr
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An invaluable reference for an overall but simple approach to the complexity of quantum mechanics viewed through quantum oscillators Quantum oscillators play a fundamental role in many areas of physics; for instance, in chemical physics with molecular normal modes, in solid state physics with phonons, and in quantum theory of light with photons. Quantum Oscillators is a timely and visionary book which presents these intricate topics, broadly covering the properties of quantum oscillators which are usually dispersed in the literature at varying levels of detail and often combined with other physical topics. These properties are: time-independent behavior, reversible dynamics, thermal statistical equilibrium and irreversible evolution toward equilibrium, together with anharmonicity and anharmonic couplings. As an application of these intricate topics, special attention is devoted to infrared lineshapes of single and complex (undergoing Fermi resonance or Davydov coupling) damped H-bonded systems, providing key insights into this rapidly evolving area of chemical science. Quantum Oscillators is a long overdue update in the literature surrounding quantum oscillators, and serves as an excellent supplementary text in courses on IR spectroscopy and hydrogen bonding. It is a must-have addition to the library of any graduate or undergraduate student in chemical physics.
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- Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
- Seitenzahl: 672
- Erscheinungstermin: 18. April 2011
- Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9781118018019
- Artikelnr.: 38230987
- Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
- Seitenzahl: 672
- Erscheinungstermin: 18. April 2011
- Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9781118018019
- Artikelnr.: 38230987
Olivier Henri-Rousseau, Emeritus Professor in Theoretical Chemistry at the University of the Perpignan in France, was the founder of the Laboratory of Mathematics and Physics at the university. After proposing an explanation of the regioselectivity of 1-3 dipolar cycloadditions (simultaneously with Professor Kendall N. Houk), he worked in the area of the quantum theory of hydrogen bonding IR spectroscopy. He has penned eighty-four papers, contributed chapters to eleven books, and recently wrote a book on the epistemology of Darwinism. Paul Blaise, Full Professor in Chemical Physics at the University of Perpignan in France, works with Professor Henri-Rousseau in the areas of chemical physics, quantum chemistry and chemical education. He belongs to the Laboratory of Mathematics and Physics and has published fifty-seven articles and six book chapters.
List of Figures. Preface. Acknowledgments. PART 1: BASIS REQUIRED FOR
QUANTUM OSCILLATOR STUDIES. CHAPTER 1: BASIC CONCEPTS REQUIRED FOR QUANTUM
MECHANICS. 1.1 Basic Concepts of Complex Vectorial Spaces. 1.2 Hermitian
Conjugation. 1.3 Hermiticity and Unitarity. 1.4 Algebra Operators. CHAPTER
2: BASIS FOR QUANTUM APPROACHES OF OSCILLATORS. 2.1 Oscillator Quantization
at the Historical Origin of Quantum Mechanics. 2.2 Quantum Mechanics
Postulates and Noncommutativity. 2.3 Heisenberg Uncertainty Relations. 2.4
Schrödinger Picture Dynamics. 2.5 Position or Momentum Translation
Operators. 2.6 Conclusion. CHAPTER 3: QUANTUM MECHANICS REPRESENTATIONS.
3.1 Matrix Representation. 3.2 Wave Mechanics. 3.3 Evolution Operators. 3.4
Density operators. 3.5 Conclusion. CHAPTER 4: SIMPLE MODELS USEFUL FOR
QUANTUM OSCILLATOR PHYSICS. 4.1 Particle-in-a-Box Model. 4.2
Two-Energy-Level Systems. 4.3 Conclusion. PART II: SINGLE QUANTUM HARMONIC
OSCILLATORS. CHAPTER 5: ENERGY REPRESENTATION FOR QUANTUM HARMONIC
OSCILLATOR. 5.1 Hamiltonian Eigenkets and Eigenvalues. 5.2 Wavefunctions
Corresponding to Hamiltonian Eigenkets. 5.3 Dynamics. 5.4 Boson and fermion
operators. 5.5 Conclusion. CHAPTER 6: COHERENT STATES AND TRANSLATION
OPERATORS. 6.1 Coherent-State Properties. 6.2 Poisson Density Operator. 6.3
Average and Fluctuation of Energy. 6.4 Coherent States as Minimizing
Heisenberg Uncertainty Relations. 6.5 Dynamics. 6.6 Translation Operators.
6.7 Coherent-StateWavefunctions. 6.8 Franck-Condon Factors. 6.9 Driven
Harmonic Oscillators. 6.10 Conclusion. CHAPTER 7: BOSON OPERATOR THEOREMS.
7.1 Canonical Transformations. 7.2 Normal and Antinormal Ordering
Formalism. 7.3 Time Evolution Operator of Driven Harmonic Oscillators. 7.4
Conclusion. CHAPTER 8: PHASE OPERATORS AND SQUEEZED STATES. 8.1 Phase
Operators. 8.2 Squeezed States. 8.3 Bogoliubov-Valatin transformation. 8.4
Conclusion. PART III: ANHARMONICITY. CHAPTER 9: ANHARMONIC OSCILLATORS. 9.1
Model for Diatomic Molecule Potentials. 9.2 Harmonic oscillator perturbed
by a Q3 potential. 9.3 Morse Oscillator. 9.4 Quadratic Potentials Perturbed
by Cosine Functions. 9.5 Double-well potential and tunneling effect. 9.6
Conclusion. CHAPTER 10: OSCILLATORS INVOLVING ANHARMONIC COUPLINGS. 10.1
Fermi resonances. 10.2 Strong Anharmonic Coupling Theory. 10.3 Strong
Anharmonic Coupling within the Adiabatic Approximation. 10.4 Fermi
Resonances and Strong Anharmonic Coupling within Adiabatic Approximation.
10.5 Davydov and Strong Anharmonic Couplings. 10.6 Conclusion. PART IV:
OSCILLATOR POPULATIONS IN THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM. CHAPTER 11: DYNAMICS OF A
LARGE SET OF COUPLED OSCILLATORS. 11.1 Dynamical Equations in the Normal
Ordering Formalism. 11.2 Solving the linear set of differential equations
(11.27). 11.3 Obtainment of the Dynamics. 11.4 Application to a Linear
Chain. 11.5 Conclusion. CHAPTER 12: DENSITY OPERATORS FOR EQUILIBRIUM
POPULATIONS OF OSCILLATORS. 12.1 Boltzmann's H-Theorem. 12.2 Evolution
Toward Equilibrium of a Large Population ofWeakly Coupled Harmonic
Oscillators. 12.3 Microcanonical Systems. 12.4 Equilibrium Density
Operators from Entropy Maximization. 12.5 Conclusion. CHAPTER 13: THERMAL
PROPERTIES OF HARMONIC OSCILLATORS. 13.1 Boltzmann Distribution Law inside
a Large Population of Equivalent Oscillators. 13.2 Thermal properties of
harmonic oscillators. 13.3 Helmholtz Potential for Anharmonic Oscillators.
13.4 Thermal Average of Boson Operator Functions. 13.5 Conclusion. PART V:
QUANTUM NORMAL MODES OF VIBRATION. CHAPTER 14: QUANTUM ELECTROMAGNETIC
MODES. 14.1 Maxwell Equations. 14.2 Electromagnetic Field Hamiltonian. 14.3
Polarized Normal Modes. 14.4 Normal Modes of a Cavity. 14.5 Quantization of
the Electromagnetic Fields. 14.6 Some Thermal Properties of the Quantum
Fields. 14.7 Conclusion. CHAPTER 15: QUANTUM MODES IN MOLECULES AND SOLIDS.
15.1 Molecular Normal Modes. 15.2 Phonons and Normal Modes in Solids. 15.3
Einstein and Debye Models of Heat Capacity. 15.4 Conclusion. PART VI:
DAMPED HARMONIC OSCILLATORS. CHAPTER 16: DAMPED OSCILLATORS. 16.1 Quantum
Model for Damped Harmonic Oscillators. 16.2 Second-Order Solution of Eq.
(16.41). 16.3 Fokker-Planck Equation Corresponding to (16.114). 16.4
Nonperturbative Results for Density Operator. 16.5 Langevin Equations for
Ladder Operators. 16.6 Evolution Operators of Driven Damped Oscillators.
16.7 Conclusion. PART VII: VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY. CHAPTER 17:
APPLICATIONS TO OSCILLATOR SPECTROSCOPY. 17.1 IR Selection Rules for
Molecular Oscillators. 17.2 IR Spectra within the Linear Response Theory.
17.3 IR Spectra ofWeak H-Bonded Species. 17.4 SD of DampedWeak H-Bonded
Species. 17.5 Approximation for Quantum Damping. 17.6 Damped Fermi
Resonances. 17.7 H-Bonded IR Line Shapes Involving Fermi Resonance. 17.8
Line Shapes of H-Bonded Cyclic Dimers. CHAPTER 18: APPENDIX. 18.1 An
Important Commutator. 18.2 An Important Basic Canonical Transformation.
18.3 Canonical Transformation on a Function of Operators. 18.4 Glauber-Weyl
Theorem. 18.5 Commutators of Functions of the P and Q operators. 18.6
Distribution Functions and Fourier Transforms. 18.7 Lagrange Multipliers
Method. 18.8 Triple Vector Product. 18.9 Point Groups. 18.10 Scientific
Authors Appearing in the Book. Index.
QUANTUM OSCILLATOR STUDIES. CHAPTER 1: BASIC CONCEPTS REQUIRED FOR QUANTUM
MECHANICS. 1.1 Basic Concepts of Complex Vectorial Spaces. 1.2 Hermitian
Conjugation. 1.3 Hermiticity and Unitarity. 1.4 Algebra Operators. CHAPTER
2: BASIS FOR QUANTUM APPROACHES OF OSCILLATORS. 2.1 Oscillator Quantization
at the Historical Origin of Quantum Mechanics. 2.2 Quantum Mechanics
Postulates and Noncommutativity. 2.3 Heisenberg Uncertainty Relations. 2.4
Schrödinger Picture Dynamics. 2.5 Position or Momentum Translation
Operators. 2.6 Conclusion. CHAPTER 3: QUANTUM MECHANICS REPRESENTATIONS.
3.1 Matrix Representation. 3.2 Wave Mechanics. 3.3 Evolution Operators. 3.4
Density operators. 3.5 Conclusion. CHAPTER 4: SIMPLE MODELS USEFUL FOR
QUANTUM OSCILLATOR PHYSICS. 4.1 Particle-in-a-Box Model. 4.2
Two-Energy-Level Systems. 4.3 Conclusion. PART II: SINGLE QUANTUM HARMONIC
OSCILLATORS. CHAPTER 5: ENERGY REPRESENTATION FOR QUANTUM HARMONIC
OSCILLATOR. 5.1 Hamiltonian Eigenkets and Eigenvalues. 5.2 Wavefunctions
Corresponding to Hamiltonian Eigenkets. 5.3 Dynamics. 5.4 Boson and fermion
operators. 5.5 Conclusion. CHAPTER 6: COHERENT STATES AND TRANSLATION
OPERATORS. 6.1 Coherent-State Properties. 6.2 Poisson Density Operator. 6.3
Average and Fluctuation of Energy. 6.4 Coherent States as Minimizing
Heisenberg Uncertainty Relations. 6.5 Dynamics. 6.6 Translation Operators.
6.7 Coherent-StateWavefunctions. 6.8 Franck-Condon Factors. 6.9 Driven
Harmonic Oscillators. 6.10 Conclusion. CHAPTER 7: BOSON OPERATOR THEOREMS.
7.1 Canonical Transformations. 7.2 Normal and Antinormal Ordering
Formalism. 7.3 Time Evolution Operator of Driven Harmonic Oscillators. 7.4
Conclusion. CHAPTER 8: PHASE OPERATORS AND SQUEEZED STATES. 8.1 Phase
Operators. 8.2 Squeezed States. 8.3 Bogoliubov-Valatin transformation. 8.4
Conclusion. PART III: ANHARMONICITY. CHAPTER 9: ANHARMONIC OSCILLATORS. 9.1
Model for Diatomic Molecule Potentials. 9.2 Harmonic oscillator perturbed
by a Q3 potential. 9.3 Morse Oscillator. 9.4 Quadratic Potentials Perturbed
by Cosine Functions. 9.5 Double-well potential and tunneling effect. 9.6
Conclusion. CHAPTER 10: OSCILLATORS INVOLVING ANHARMONIC COUPLINGS. 10.1
Fermi resonances. 10.2 Strong Anharmonic Coupling Theory. 10.3 Strong
Anharmonic Coupling within the Adiabatic Approximation. 10.4 Fermi
Resonances and Strong Anharmonic Coupling within Adiabatic Approximation.
10.5 Davydov and Strong Anharmonic Couplings. 10.6 Conclusion. PART IV:
OSCILLATOR POPULATIONS IN THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM. CHAPTER 11: DYNAMICS OF A
LARGE SET OF COUPLED OSCILLATORS. 11.1 Dynamical Equations in the Normal
Ordering Formalism. 11.2 Solving the linear set of differential equations
(11.27). 11.3 Obtainment of the Dynamics. 11.4 Application to a Linear
Chain. 11.5 Conclusion. CHAPTER 12: DENSITY OPERATORS FOR EQUILIBRIUM
POPULATIONS OF OSCILLATORS. 12.1 Boltzmann's H-Theorem. 12.2 Evolution
Toward Equilibrium of a Large Population ofWeakly Coupled Harmonic
Oscillators. 12.3 Microcanonical Systems. 12.4 Equilibrium Density
Operators from Entropy Maximization. 12.5 Conclusion. CHAPTER 13: THERMAL
PROPERTIES OF HARMONIC OSCILLATORS. 13.1 Boltzmann Distribution Law inside
a Large Population of Equivalent Oscillators. 13.2 Thermal properties of
harmonic oscillators. 13.3 Helmholtz Potential for Anharmonic Oscillators.
13.4 Thermal Average of Boson Operator Functions. 13.5 Conclusion. PART V:
QUANTUM NORMAL MODES OF VIBRATION. CHAPTER 14: QUANTUM ELECTROMAGNETIC
MODES. 14.1 Maxwell Equations. 14.2 Electromagnetic Field Hamiltonian. 14.3
Polarized Normal Modes. 14.4 Normal Modes of a Cavity. 14.5 Quantization of
the Electromagnetic Fields. 14.6 Some Thermal Properties of the Quantum
Fields. 14.7 Conclusion. CHAPTER 15: QUANTUM MODES IN MOLECULES AND SOLIDS.
15.1 Molecular Normal Modes. 15.2 Phonons and Normal Modes in Solids. 15.3
Einstein and Debye Models of Heat Capacity. 15.4 Conclusion. PART VI:
DAMPED HARMONIC OSCILLATORS. CHAPTER 16: DAMPED OSCILLATORS. 16.1 Quantum
Model for Damped Harmonic Oscillators. 16.2 Second-Order Solution of Eq.
(16.41). 16.3 Fokker-Planck Equation Corresponding to (16.114). 16.4
Nonperturbative Results for Density Operator. 16.5 Langevin Equations for
Ladder Operators. 16.6 Evolution Operators of Driven Damped Oscillators.
16.7 Conclusion. PART VII: VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY. CHAPTER 17:
APPLICATIONS TO OSCILLATOR SPECTROSCOPY. 17.1 IR Selection Rules for
Molecular Oscillators. 17.2 IR Spectra within the Linear Response Theory.
17.3 IR Spectra ofWeak H-Bonded Species. 17.4 SD of DampedWeak H-Bonded
Species. 17.5 Approximation for Quantum Damping. 17.6 Damped Fermi
Resonances. 17.7 H-Bonded IR Line Shapes Involving Fermi Resonance. 17.8
Line Shapes of H-Bonded Cyclic Dimers. CHAPTER 18: APPENDIX. 18.1 An
Important Commutator. 18.2 An Important Basic Canonical Transformation.
18.3 Canonical Transformation on a Function of Operators. 18.4 Glauber-Weyl
Theorem. 18.5 Commutators of Functions of the P and Q operators. 18.6
Distribution Functions and Fourier Transforms. 18.7 Lagrange Multipliers
Method. 18.8 Triple Vector Product. 18.9 Point Groups. 18.10 Scientific
Authors Appearing in the Book. Index.
List of Figures. Preface. Acknowledgments. PART 1: BASIS REQUIRED FOR
QUANTUM OSCILLATOR STUDIES. CHAPTER 1: BASIC CONCEPTS REQUIRED FOR QUANTUM
MECHANICS. 1.1 Basic Concepts of Complex Vectorial Spaces. 1.2 Hermitian
Conjugation. 1.3 Hermiticity and Unitarity. 1.4 Algebra Operators. CHAPTER
2: BASIS FOR QUANTUM APPROACHES OF OSCILLATORS. 2.1 Oscillator Quantization
at the Historical Origin of Quantum Mechanics. 2.2 Quantum Mechanics
Postulates and Noncommutativity. 2.3 Heisenberg Uncertainty Relations. 2.4
Schrödinger Picture Dynamics. 2.5 Position or Momentum Translation
Operators. 2.6 Conclusion. CHAPTER 3: QUANTUM MECHANICS REPRESENTATIONS.
3.1 Matrix Representation. 3.2 Wave Mechanics. 3.3 Evolution Operators. 3.4
Density operators. 3.5 Conclusion. CHAPTER 4: SIMPLE MODELS USEFUL FOR
QUANTUM OSCILLATOR PHYSICS. 4.1 Particle-in-a-Box Model. 4.2
Two-Energy-Level Systems. 4.3 Conclusion. PART II: SINGLE QUANTUM HARMONIC
OSCILLATORS. CHAPTER 5: ENERGY REPRESENTATION FOR QUANTUM HARMONIC
OSCILLATOR. 5.1 Hamiltonian Eigenkets and Eigenvalues. 5.2 Wavefunctions
Corresponding to Hamiltonian Eigenkets. 5.3 Dynamics. 5.4 Boson and fermion
operators. 5.5 Conclusion. CHAPTER 6: COHERENT STATES AND TRANSLATION
OPERATORS. 6.1 Coherent-State Properties. 6.2 Poisson Density Operator. 6.3
Average and Fluctuation of Energy. 6.4 Coherent States as Minimizing
Heisenberg Uncertainty Relations. 6.5 Dynamics. 6.6 Translation Operators.
6.7 Coherent-StateWavefunctions. 6.8 Franck-Condon Factors. 6.9 Driven
Harmonic Oscillators. 6.10 Conclusion. CHAPTER 7: BOSON OPERATOR THEOREMS.
7.1 Canonical Transformations. 7.2 Normal and Antinormal Ordering
Formalism. 7.3 Time Evolution Operator of Driven Harmonic Oscillators. 7.4
Conclusion. CHAPTER 8: PHASE OPERATORS AND SQUEEZED STATES. 8.1 Phase
Operators. 8.2 Squeezed States. 8.3 Bogoliubov-Valatin transformation. 8.4
Conclusion. PART III: ANHARMONICITY. CHAPTER 9: ANHARMONIC OSCILLATORS. 9.1
Model for Diatomic Molecule Potentials. 9.2 Harmonic oscillator perturbed
by a Q3 potential. 9.3 Morse Oscillator. 9.4 Quadratic Potentials Perturbed
by Cosine Functions. 9.5 Double-well potential and tunneling effect. 9.6
Conclusion. CHAPTER 10: OSCILLATORS INVOLVING ANHARMONIC COUPLINGS. 10.1
Fermi resonances. 10.2 Strong Anharmonic Coupling Theory. 10.3 Strong
Anharmonic Coupling within the Adiabatic Approximation. 10.4 Fermi
Resonances and Strong Anharmonic Coupling within Adiabatic Approximation.
10.5 Davydov and Strong Anharmonic Couplings. 10.6 Conclusion. PART IV:
OSCILLATOR POPULATIONS IN THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM. CHAPTER 11: DYNAMICS OF A
LARGE SET OF COUPLED OSCILLATORS. 11.1 Dynamical Equations in the Normal
Ordering Formalism. 11.2 Solving the linear set of differential equations
(11.27). 11.3 Obtainment of the Dynamics. 11.4 Application to a Linear
Chain. 11.5 Conclusion. CHAPTER 12: DENSITY OPERATORS FOR EQUILIBRIUM
POPULATIONS OF OSCILLATORS. 12.1 Boltzmann's H-Theorem. 12.2 Evolution
Toward Equilibrium of a Large Population ofWeakly Coupled Harmonic
Oscillators. 12.3 Microcanonical Systems. 12.4 Equilibrium Density
Operators from Entropy Maximization. 12.5 Conclusion. CHAPTER 13: THERMAL
PROPERTIES OF HARMONIC OSCILLATORS. 13.1 Boltzmann Distribution Law inside
a Large Population of Equivalent Oscillators. 13.2 Thermal properties of
harmonic oscillators. 13.3 Helmholtz Potential for Anharmonic Oscillators.
13.4 Thermal Average of Boson Operator Functions. 13.5 Conclusion. PART V:
QUANTUM NORMAL MODES OF VIBRATION. CHAPTER 14: QUANTUM ELECTROMAGNETIC
MODES. 14.1 Maxwell Equations. 14.2 Electromagnetic Field Hamiltonian. 14.3
Polarized Normal Modes. 14.4 Normal Modes of a Cavity. 14.5 Quantization of
the Electromagnetic Fields. 14.6 Some Thermal Properties of the Quantum
Fields. 14.7 Conclusion. CHAPTER 15: QUANTUM MODES IN MOLECULES AND SOLIDS.
15.1 Molecular Normal Modes. 15.2 Phonons and Normal Modes in Solids. 15.3
Einstein and Debye Models of Heat Capacity. 15.4 Conclusion. PART VI:
DAMPED HARMONIC OSCILLATORS. CHAPTER 16: DAMPED OSCILLATORS. 16.1 Quantum
Model for Damped Harmonic Oscillators. 16.2 Second-Order Solution of Eq.
(16.41). 16.3 Fokker-Planck Equation Corresponding to (16.114). 16.4
Nonperturbative Results for Density Operator. 16.5 Langevin Equations for
Ladder Operators. 16.6 Evolution Operators of Driven Damped Oscillators.
16.7 Conclusion. PART VII: VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY. CHAPTER 17:
APPLICATIONS TO OSCILLATOR SPECTROSCOPY. 17.1 IR Selection Rules for
Molecular Oscillators. 17.2 IR Spectra within the Linear Response Theory.
17.3 IR Spectra ofWeak H-Bonded Species. 17.4 SD of DampedWeak H-Bonded
Species. 17.5 Approximation for Quantum Damping. 17.6 Damped Fermi
Resonances. 17.7 H-Bonded IR Line Shapes Involving Fermi Resonance. 17.8
Line Shapes of H-Bonded Cyclic Dimers. CHAPTER 18: APPENDIX. 18.1 An
Important Commutator. 18.2 An Important Basic Canonical Transformation.
18.3 Canonical Transformation on a Function of Operators. 18.4 Glauber-Weyl
Theorem. 18.5 Commutators of Functions of the P and Q operators. 18.6
Distribution Functions and Fourier Transforms. 18.7 Lagrange Multipliers
Method. 18.8 Triple Vector Product. 18.9 Point Groups. 18.10 Scientific
Authors Appearing in the Book. Index.
QUANTUM OSCILLATOR STUDIES. CHAPTER 1: BASIC CONCEPTS REQUIRED FOR QUANTUM
MECHANICS. 1.1 Basic Concepts of Complex Vectorial Spaces. 1.2 Hermitian
Conjugation. 1.3 Hermiticity and Unitarity. 1.4 Algebra Operators. CHAPTER
2: BASIS FOR QUANTUM APPROACHES OF OSCILLATORS. 2.1 Oscillator Quantization
at the Historical Origin of Quantum Mechanics. 2.2 Quantum Mechanics
Postulates and Noncommutativity. 2.3 Heisenberg Uncertainty Relations. 2.4
Schrödinger Picture Dynamics. 2.5 Position or Momentum Translation
Operators. 2.6 Conclusion. CHAPTER 3: QUANTUM MECHANICS REPRESENTATIONS.
3.1 Matrix Representation. 3.2 Wave Mechanics. 3.3 Evolution Operators. 3.4
Density operators. 3.5 Conclusion. CHAPTER 4: SIMPLE MODELS USEFUL FOR
QUANTUM OSCILLATOR PHYSICS. 4.1 Particle-in-a-Box Model. 4.2
Two-Energy-Level Systems. 4.3 Conclusion. PART II: SINGLE QUANTUM HARMONIC
OSCILLATORS. CHAPTER 5: ENERGY REPRESENTATION FOR QUANTUM HARMONIC
OSCILLATOR. 5.1 Hamiltonian Eigenkets and Eigenvalues. 5.2 Wavefunctions
Corresponding to Hamiltonian Eigenkets. 5.3 Dynamics. 5.4 Boson and fermion
operators. 5.5 Conclusion. CHAPTER 6: COHERENT STATES AND TRANSLATION
OPERATORS. 6.1 Coherent-State Properties. 6.2 Poisson Density Operator. 6.3
Average and Fluctuation of Energy. 6.4 Coherent States as Minimizing
Heisenberg Uncertainty Relations. 6.5 Dynamics. 6.6 Translation Operators.
6.7 Coherent-StateWavefunctions. 6.8 Franck-Condon Factors. 6.9 Driven
Harmonic Oscillators. 6.10 Conclusion. CHAPTER 7: BOSON OPERATOR THEOREMS.
7.1 Canonical Transformations. 7.2 Normal and Antinormal Ordering
Formalism. 7.3 Time Evolution Operator of Driven Harmonic Oscillators. 7.4
Conclusion. CHAPTER 8: PHASE OPERATORS AND SQUEEZED STATES. 8.1 Phase
Operators. 8.2 Squeezed States. 8.3 Bogoliubov-Valatin transformation. 8.4
Conclusion. PART III: ANHARMONICITY. CHAPTER 9: ANHARMONIC OSCILLATORS. 9.1
Model for Diatomic Molecule Potentials. 9.2 Harmonic oscillator perturbed
by a Q3 potential. 9.3 Morse Oscillator. 9.4 Quadratic Potentials Perturbed
by Cosine Functions. 9.5 Double-well potential and tunneling effect. 9.6
Conclusion. CHAPTER 10: OSCILLATORS INVOLVING ANHARMONIC COUPLINGS. 10.1
Fermi resonances. 10.2 Strong Anharmonic Coupling Theory. 10.3 Strong
Anharmonic Coupling within the Adiabatic Approximation. 10.4 Fermi
Resonances and Strong Anharmonic Coupling within Adiabatic Approximation.
10.5 Davydov and Strong Anharmonic Couplings. 10.6 Conclusion. PART IV:
OSCILLATOR POPULATIONS IN THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM. CHAPTER 11: DYNAMICS OF A
LARGE SET OF COUPLED OSCILLATORS. 11.1 Dynamical Equations in the Normal
Ordering Formalism. 11.2 Solving the linear set of differential equations
(11.27). 11.3 Obtainment of the Dynamics. 11.4 Application to a Linear
Chain. 11.5 Conclusion. CHAPTER 12: DENSITY OPERATORS FOR EQUILIBRIUM
POPULATIONS OF OSCILLATORS. 12.1 Boltzmann's H-Theorem. 12.2 Evolution
Toward Equilibrium of a Large Population ofWeakly Coupled Harmonic
Oscillators. 12.3 Microcanonical Systems. 12.4 Equilibrium Density
Operators from Entropy Maximization. 12.5 Conclusion. CHAPTER 13: THERMAL
PROPERTIES OF HARMONIC OSCILLATORS. 13.1 Boltzmann Distribution Law inside
a Large Population of Equivalent Oscillators. 13.2 Thermal properties of
harmonic oscillators. 13.3 Helmholtz Potential for Anharmonic Oscillators.
13.4 Thermal Average of Boson Operator Functions. 13.5 Conclusion. PART V:
QUANTUM NORMAL MODES OF VIBRATION. CHAPTER 14: QUANTUM ELECTROMAGNETIC
MODES. 14.1 Maxwell Equations. 14.2 Electromagnetic Field Hamiltonian. 14.3
Polarized Normal Modes. 14.4 Normal Modes of a Cavity. 14.5 Quantization of
the Electromagnetic Fields. 14.6 Some Thermal Properties of the Quantum
Fields. 14.7 Conclusion. CHAPTER 15: QUANTUM MODES IN MOLECULES AND SOLIDS.
15.1 Molecular Normal Modes. 15.2 Phonons and Normal Modes in Solids. 15.3
Einstein and Debye Models of Heat Capacity. 15.4 Conclusion. PART VI:
DAMPED HARMONIC OSCILLATORS. CHAPTER 16: DAMPED OSCILLATORS. 16.1 Quantum
Model for Damped Harmonic Oscillators. 16.2 Second-Order Solution of Eq.
(16.41). 16.3 Fokker-Planck Equation Corresponding to (16.114). 16.4
Nonperturbative Results for Density Operator. 16.5 Langevin Equations for
Ladder Operators. 16.6 Evolution Operators of Driven Damped Oscillators.
16.7 Conclusion. PART VII: VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY. CHAPTER 17:
APPLICATIONS TO OSCILLATOR SPECTROSCOPY. 17.1 IR Selection Rules for
Molecular Oscillators. 17.2 IR Spectra within the Linear Response Theory.
17.3 IR Spectra ofWeak H-Bonded Species. 17.4 SD of DampedWeak H-Bonded
Species. 17.5 Approximation for Quantum Damping. 17.6 Damped Fermi
Resonances. 17.7 H-Bonded IR Line Shapes Involving Fermi Resonance. 17.8
Line Shapes of H-Bonded Cyclic Dimers. CHAPTER 18: APPENDIX. 18.1 An
Important Commutator. 18.2 An Important Basic Canonical Transformation.
18.3 Canonical Transformation on a Function of Operators. 18.4 Glauber-Weyl
Theorem. 18.5 Commutators of Functions of the P and Q operators. 18.6
Distribution Functions and Fourier Transforms. 18.7 Lagrange Multipliers
Method. 18.8 Triple Vector Product. 18.9 Point Groups. 18.10 Scientific
Authors Appearing in the Book. Index.