Spectra of Atoms and Molecules

Peter F. Bernath (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

576 Seiten

2025 | 5th Revised edition
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
9780197754498 (ISBN)

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Spectra of Atoms and Molecules, the fifth edition of Peter F. Bernath's popular textbook, provides advanced undergraduates and graduate students with a working knowledge of the field of spectroscopy. This volume illuminates fundamental principles of spectroscopy for chemists, physicists, astronomers, atmospheric scientists, and engineers, with the primary goal of teaching the interpretation of spectra.

Highlights include an entirely new chapter on the spectroscopy of clouds and aerosols, as well as the presentation of group theory as needed to understand spectroscopy. Responding to reader requests, each chapter includes detailed worked examples, plus numerous challenging problems allowing the reader to work with actual experimental data and spectra. Bernath provides many diagrams and spectra which have been specifically recorded for this book.

Topics include molecular symmetry, matrix representation of groups, quantum mechanics, and group theory. Atomic, rotational, vibrational, electronic and Raman spectra are analyzed as well. This edition clears up the confusing topic of line strengths as needed for quantitative applications. Spectra of Atoms and Molecules demystifies spectroscopy by showing readers derivations step-by-step to the final result.

Peter F. Bernath is Professor and Eminent Scholar of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA; Research Professor in Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Ontario; and Professor Emeritus in Chemistry, University of York, Great Britain.

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Molecular Symmetry
Chapter 3: Matrix Representation of Groups
Chapter 4: Quantum Mechanics and Group Theory
Chapter 5: Atomic Spectroscopy
Chapter 6: Rotational Spectroscopy
Chapter 7: Vibrational Spectroscopy
Chapter 8: Light Scattering and the Raman Effect
Chapter 9: Electronic Spectroscopy of Diatomics
Chapter 10: Electronic Spectroscopy of Polyatomics
Chapter 11: Atmospheric Spectroscopy
Chapter 12: Astronomical Spectroscopy
Chapter 13: Cloud and Aerosol Spectroscopy

Units, Conversions, and Physical Constants
Character Tables
Direct Product Tables
Introductory Textbooks
Figure Acknowledgments
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	14.05.2025
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	185 x 257 mm
Gewicht	1188 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie ► Physikalische Chemie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Quantenphysik
ISBN-13	9780197754498 / 9780197754498
Zustand	Neuware