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Record Nr.

UNINA9910841198603321

Titolo

Lasers, molecules, and methods [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Joseph O. Hirschfelder, Robert E. Wyatt, Rob D. Coalson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Wiley, c1989

ISBN

1-282-34678-4

9786612346781

0-470-14122-0

0-470-14183-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1042 p.)

Collana

Advances in chemical physics, , 0065-2385 ; ; v. 73

Altri autori (Persone)

CoalsonRob D (Rob Duncan)

HirschfelderJoseph O. <1911-1990>

WyattRobert E (Robert Eugene)

Disciplina

539.6

541.305

541/.08

Soggetti

Lasers in physics

Molecules

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Based on papers presented at a symposium held at the Los Alamos Center for Nonlinear Studies on July 7-11, 1986.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

LASERS, MOLECULES, AND METHODS; INTRODUCTION; PREFACE; CONTENTS; CHAPTER I WHERE ARE LASER-MOLECULE INTERACTIONS HEADED?; MATHEMATICAL METHODS; CHAPTER II MULTIPLE SCALING AND A RELATED EXPANSION METHOD, WITH APPLICATIONS; CHAPTER III APPLICATIONS OF THE METHOD OF MULTIPLE SCALES TO NONLINEARLY COUPLED OSCILLATORS; CHAPTER IV NUMERICAL TREATMENT OF LINEAR AND NONLINEAR PERIODIC SYSTEMS, WITH APPLICATIONS; CHAPTER V THE RECURSIVE RESIDUE GENERATION METHOD; CHAPTER VI PRECONDITIONING EIGENVALUE PROBLEMS; CHAPTER VII STATIONARY PHASE MONTE CARL0 METHODS; SPECTROSCOPY AND RELAXATION

CHAPTER VIII APPLICATIONS OF THE RIEMANN PRODUCT INTEGRAL METHOD TO SPECTROSCOPIC PROBLEMSCHAPTER IX ANALYTIC SOLUTIONS AND DYNAMIC SYMMETRIES IN LASER-DRIVEN ATOMIC



EXCITATIONS; CHAPTER X SPIN RELAXATION AND MOTIONAL DYNAMICS; CHAPTER XI DENSITY MATRIX METHODS AND RELAXATION PHENOMENA IN LASER-EXCITED POLYATOMIC MOLECULES; CHAPTER XII REDUCED EQUATIONS OF MOTION FOR MOLECULAR LINESHAPES AND SEMICLASSICAL DYNAMICS IN LIOUVILLE SPACE; CHAPTER XIII TIME-DEPENDENT WAVEPACKET APPROACH TO OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY INVOLVING NONADIABATICALLY COUPLED POTENTIAL SURFACES

CHAPTER XIV LOCAL MODE OVERTONES AND MODE SELECTIVITYCHAPTER XV INTERACTION OF AN ADSORBED ATOM WITH A LASER; CHAPTER XVI TELEGRAPHIC ATOMIC FLUORESCENCE; CHAPTER XVIl GENERALIZED FLOQUET THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO INTENSE-FIELD MULTIPHOTON AND NONLINEAR OPTICAL PROCESSES; CHAPTER XVIII QUANTUM OPTICS AT VERY HIGH LASER INTENSITIES: ESSENTIAL STATES AND ABOVE-THRESHOLD IONIZATION; CHAPTER XIX COUPLED-EQUATION METHOD FOR MULTIPHOTON TRANSITIONS IN DIATOMIC MOLECULES: BRIDGING THE WEAK- AND INTENSE-FIELD LIMITS; CHAPTER XX SQUEEZED STATES OF LIGHT

CHAPTER XXI NOTES ON CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM THEORIES OF DRIVEN NONLINEAR SYSTEMSCHAPTER XXII CLASSICAL CHAOS VERSUS QUANTUM DYNAMICS: KAM-TORI AND CANTORI AS DYNAMICAL BARRIERS; CHAPTER XXIII ADIABATIC SWITCHING: A TOOL FOR SEMICLASSICAL QUANTIZATION AND A NEW PROBE OF CLASSICALLY CHAOTIC PHASE SPACE

Sommario/riassunto

Based on a symposium on lasers, molecules, and methods held at the Los Alamos Center for Nonlinear Studies held in July 1986. Contributors present recent advances in theoretical and experimental research on a diversity of dynamical and optical phenomena resulting from the interactions of laser beams with molecules. They describe the predictive results of sophisticated mathematical models, the equipment involved in experiments, and reveal new insights into molecular structure and behavior.