Balint-Kurti G.G., Palov A.P. Theory of Molecular Collisions (RSC Theoretical and Computational Chemistry Series No. 7)

Royal Society of Chemistry, 2015. – 294 p. – ISBN: 9781849738309The book provides an introduction to the theory of molecular collisions and reactive scattering and relates it to current experiments. The emphasis is on the quantum theory of scattering, although classical mechanics for atom–atom scattering is also briefly described. While there is inevitably a considerableamountofmathematicsinthebook,itiskepttotheminimumrequired, and the more difficult topics are relegated to appendices. The motivation for studying the topic is to provide the tools needed for investigating some of the most basic processes of nature: how chemical reactions occur and how molecular bonds are formed and broken.
RSC Theoretical and Computational Chemistry Series. Titles in the Series:
Knowledge-based Expert Systems in Chemistry: Not Counting on Computers
Non-Covalent Interactions: Theory and Experiment
Single-Ion Solvation: Experimental and Theoretical Approaches to Elusive Thermodynamic Quantities
Computational Nanoscience
Computational Quantum Chemistry: Molecular Structure and Properties in Silico
Reaction Rate Constant Computations: Theories and Applications
Theory of Molecular CollisionsScattering Experiments and Classical Theory of Atom–Atom Scattering
Quantum Theory of Atom–Atom Elastic Scattering
Inelastic Scattering: Basic Theory
Inelastic Scattering: Exact and Approximate Solutions
Rate Constants, Cross Sections and Reactive Scattering
Time-Independent Quantum Theory of Reactive Scattering
Wavepackets and Time-Dependent Quantum Theory of Reactive Scattering
The Real Wavepacket Method and Time-Independent Wavepackets
Lasers and the Photoloc Method
Polarization, Alignment and Vector Correlation
Collision of Larger Molecules
Appendixes
A Energy Normalization of Plane Wave
Evaluation of the Phase Shift and the Variable Phase Approach
Jacobi Coordinates
Body-Fixed Formulation of Inelastic Scattering Theory
Integral Equations and Green’s Function
Semiclassical or JWKB Approximation
Hyperspherical Coordinates and the Schrödinger Equation
Formalism for Time-Dependent Quantum Dynamics
Technical Aspects of Time-Dependent Quantum Dynamics
Technical Aspects of the Real Wavepacket Method