Advances in chemical physics . Volume 124 The role of degenerate states in chemistry / / edited by Michael Baer and Gert Billing

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910876774003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, N.J., : J. Wiley & Sons, c2002
• ISBN: 1-280-36690-7; 9786610366903; 0-470-35529-8; 0-471-46151-2; 0-471-43346-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (821 p.)
• Collana: Advances in chemical physics ; ; v. 124
• Altri autori (Persone): BaerM <1937-> (Michael); BillingGert D
• Disciplina: 539; 541.3; 541.305; 541/.08
• Soggetti: Chemistry, Physical and theoretical; Chemistry
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: THE ROLE OF DEGENERATE STATES IN CHEMISTRY A SPECIAL VOLUME OF ADVANCES IN CHEMICAL PHYSICS VOLUME 124; CONTRIBUTORS TO VOLUME 124; INTRODUCTION; INTRODUCTION TO THE ADVANCES OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS VOLUME ON: THE ROLE OF DEGENERATE STATES IN CHEMISTRY; CONTENTS; EARLY PERSPECTIVES ON GEOMETRIC PHASE; THE ELECTRONIC NON-ADIABATIC COUPLING TERM IN MOLECULAR SYSTEMS: A THEORETICAL APPROACH; NON-ADIABATIC EFFECTS IN CHEMICAL REACTIONS: EXTENDED BORN-OPPENHEIMER EQUATIONS AND ITS APPLICATIONS; COMPLEX STATES OF SIMPLE MOLECULAR SYSTEMS; QUANTUM REACTION DYNAMICS FOR MULTIPLE ELECTRONIC STATES; ELECTRON NUCLEAR DYNAMICSAPPLYING DIRECT MOLECULAR DYNAMICS TO NON-ADIABATIC SYSTEMS; CONICAL INTERSECTIONS IN MOLECULAR PHOTOCHEMISTRY: THE PHASE-CHANGE APPROACH; THE ; CRUDE BORN-OPPENHEIMER ADIABATIC APPROXIMATION OF MOLECULAR POTENTIAL ENERGIES; CONICAL INTERSECTIONS AND THE SPIN-ORBIT INTERACTION; RENNER-TELLER EFFECT AND SPIN-ORBIT COUPLING IN TRIATOMIC AND TETRAATOMIC MOLECULES; PERMUTATIONAL SYMMETRY AND THE ROLE OF NUCLEAR SPIN IN THE VIBRATIONAL SPECTRA OF MOLECULES IN DOUBLY DEGENERATE ELECTRONIC STATES: THE TRIMERS OF (2)S ATOMS; AUTHOR INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: Edited by Nobel Prize-winner Ilya Prigogine and renowned authority Stuart A. Rice, the Advances in Chemical Physics series provides a forum for critical, authoritative evaluations in every area of the discipline. In a format that encourages the expression of individual points of view, experts in the field present comprehensive analyses of subjects of interest.This stand-alone, special topics volume, edited by Gert D. Billing of the University of Copenhagen and Michael Baer of the Soreq Nuclear Research Center in Yavne, Israel, reports recent advances on the role of degenerate states in che