Dynamical Collision Theory And Its Applications

Author : Sadhan Adhikari
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 509 pages
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Release : 2012-12-02
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780323140713

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Dynamical Collision Theory and Its Applications by Sadhan Adhikari Pdf

Dynamical Collision Theory and Its Applications reviews some of the powerful methods that have evolved for calculating the predictions of dynamical collision theory. Topics range from scattering theory to potential scattering, three- and four-particle scattering, multiparticle scattering, many-particle Lippmann-Schwinger equations, and the connected-kernel approach. This book is comprised of nine chapters; the first of which introduces the reader to the quantum theory of scattering. This topic is followed by a discussion on two-particle potential scattering and various methods for calculating off-shell two-body amplitudes as well as approximating them by finite-rank forms. The next chapters focus on the interpretation and applicability of the multichannel, multiparticle Lippmann-Schwinger equations, along with the known N-particle connected-kernel integral equations and their physical predictions. Descriptions of contemporary field-theoretical and relativistic approaches, such as the Dirac phenomenology for intermediate energy nucleon-nucleus scattering, are included. The singularity structure of multiparticle amplitudes and the associated dispersion-relation techniques are also considered. This book concludes by describing the relationship between the conventional (optical potentials, multiple-scattering theories, and the coupled-reaction channel and resonating-group methods) and the few-body approaches. This text is primarily intended for chemists, physicists, and graduate students interested in general scattering theory; intermediate and low-energy hadron and nuclear physics; atomic and molecular physics; statistical mechanics; and physical and quantum chemistry. There are a number of topics in this book that will be interesting to both mathematicians and particle physicists, as well as advanced graduate students in courses that involve collision theory.

Author : George C. Schatz,Mark A. Ratner
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2012-04-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780486136721

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Quantum Mechanics in Chemistry by George C. Schatz,Mark A. Ratner Pdf

Advanced graduate-level text looks at symmetry, rotations, and angular momentum addition; occupation number representations; and scattering theory. Uses concepts to develop basic theories of chemical reaction rates. Problems and answers.

Author : Marvin L. Goldberger,Kenneth M. Watson
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 930 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780486435077

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Collision Theory by Marvin L. Goldberger,Kenneth M. Watson Pdf

A systematic description of the basic principles of collision theory, this graduate-level text presents a detailed examination of scattering processes and formal scattering theory, the two-body problem with central forces, scattering by noncentral forces, lifetime and decay of virtual states, an introduction to dispersion theory, and more. 1964 edition.

Author : Reinhard Schinke
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1995-05-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521484146

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Photodissociation Dynamics by Reinhard Schinke Pdf

Photodissociation induced by the absorption of single photons permits the detailed study of molecular dynamics such as the breaking of bonds, internal energy transfer and radiationless transitions. The availability of powerful lasers operating over a wide frequency range has stimulated rapid development of new experimental techniques which make it possible to analyse photodissociation processes in unprecedented detail. This text elucidates the achievements in calculating photodissociation cross-sections and fragment state distributions from first principles, starting from multi-dimensional potential energy surfaces and the Schrödinger equation of nuclear motion. Following an extended introduction in which the various types of observables are outlined, the book summarises the basic theoretical tools, namely the time-independent and the time-dependent quantum mechanical approaches as well as the classical picture of photodissociation. The discussions of absorption spectra, diffuse vibrational structures, the vibrational and rotational state distributions of the photofragments form the core of the book. More specific topics such as the dissociation of vibrationally excited molecules, emission during dissociation, or nonadiabatic effects are also discussed. It will be of interest to graduate students and senior scientists working in molecular physics, spectroscopy, molecular collisions and molecular kinetics.

Author : Petr Carsky,Roman Curik
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781439839119

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Low-Energy Electron Scattering from Molecules, Biomolecules and Surfaces by Petr Carsky,Roman Curik Pdf

Since the turn of the 21st century, the field of electron molecule collisions has undergone a renaissance. The importance of such collisions in applications from radiation chemistry to astrochemistry has flowered, and their role in industrial processes such as plasma technology and lighting are vital to the advancement of next generation devices. Furthermore, the development of the scanning tunneling microscope highlights the role of such collisions in the condensed phase, in surface processing, and in the development of nanotechnology. Low-Energy Electron Scattering from Molecules, Biomolecules and Surfaces highlights recent progress in the theory and experiment of electron-molecule collisions, providing a detailed review of the current state of knowledge of electron molecule scattering—theoretical and experimental—for the general physicist and chemist interested in solving practical problems. In few other branches of science is the collaboration between theorists and experimentalists so topical. Covering advancements in practical problems, such as those met in plasma physics, microelectronics, nanolithography, DNA research, atmospheric chemistry, and astrochemistry, this book describes the formal general scattering theory and description of the experimental setup at a level the interested non-expert can appreciate.

Author : Robert Wyatt
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1996-06-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 0824795385

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Dynamics of Molecules and Chemical Reactions by Robert Wyatt Pdf

Covers both molecular and reaction dynamics. The work presents important theroetical and computational approaches to the study of energy transfer within and between molecules, discussing the application of these approaches to problems of experimental interest. It also describes time-dependent and time-independent methods, variational and perturbative techniques, iterative and direct approaches, and methods based upon the use of physical grids of finite sets of basic function.

Author : Takeshi Kodama,Kai Cheong Chung,Yogiro Hama
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1995-02-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789814551625

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Relativistic Aspects Of Nuclear Physics - Proceedings Of The Third International Workshop by Takeshi Kodama,Kai Cheong Chung,Yogiro Hama Pdf

This book contains invited review papers and short notes presented at the International Conference on Physics, Chemistry and Application of Nanostructures (Nanomeeting 2003).

Author : Steven Karataglidis,Ken Amos,Paul R. Fraser,Luciano Canton
Publisher : Springer
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030210700

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A New Development at the Intersection of Nuclear Structure and Reaction Theory by Steven Karataglidis,Ken Amos,Paul R. Fraser,Luciano Canton Pdf

This book highlights a major advance in low-energy scattering theory: the Multi-Channel Algebraic Scattering (MCAS) theory, which represents an attempt to unify structure and reaction theory. It solves the Lippmann–Schwinger equations for low-energy nucleon-nucleus and alpha-nucleus scattering in momentum space, allowing both the bound and scattering states in the compound nucleus formed to be described. Results of various cases are presented and discussed.

Author : Danilo Babusci,Giuseppe Dattoli,Silvia Licciardi,Elio Sabia
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789811201592

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Mathematical Methods For Physicists by Danilo Babusci,Giuseppe Dattoli,Silvia Licciardi,Elio Sabia Pdf

The book covers different aspects of mathematical methods for Physics. It is designed for graduate courses but a part of it can also be used by undergraduate students. The leitmotiv of the book is the search for a common mathematical framework for a wide class of apparently disparate physical phenomena. An important role, within this respect, is provided by a nonconventional formulation of special functions and polynomials. The proposed methods simplify the understanding of the relevant technicalities and yield a unifying view to their applications in Physics as well as other branches of science.The chapters are not organized through the mathematical study of specific problems in Physics, rather they are suggested by the formalism itself. For example, it is shown how the matrix formalism is useful to treat ray Optics, atomic systems evolution, QED, QCD and Feynman diagrams. The methods presented here are simple but rigorous. They allow a fairly substantive tool of analysis for a variety of topics and are useful for beginners as well as the more experienced researchers.

Author : Sigfrido Boffi,Claudio Ciofi Degli Atti,Mauro Giannini
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 666 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1996-03-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789814547932

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Perspectives In Nuclear Physics At Intermediate Energies - Proceedings Of The Conference by Sigfrido Boffi,Claudio Ciofi Degli Atti,Mauro Giannini Pdf

This book focuses on the latest theoretical and experimental results and future perspectives regarding electromagnetic and hadronic physics at intermediate energies. Nucleon form factors and spin structure functions, deep-inelastic scattering, excited baryons and mesons, and correlations in nuclei are discussed. Many new results and the scientific programmes of the different laboratories in Europe and North America are also presented. A special section is devoted to relativistic approaches to hadrons and nuclei at intermediate energies.

Author : Bernard Becker,R.van Dantzig
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 503 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783709193525

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Few-Body Problems in Physics ’93 by Bernard Becker,R.van Dantzig Pdf

It is apparent from the history of science, that few-body problems have an interdis ciplinary character. Newton, after solving the two-body problem so brilliantly, tried his hand at the Sun-Earth-Moon system. Here he failed in two respects: neither was he able to compute the motion of the moon accurately, nor did he understand the reason for that. It took a long time to understand the fundamental importance of Newton's failure, and only Poincare realised what was the fundamental difficulty in Newtons programme. Nowadays, the term deterministic chaos is associated with this problem. The deep insights of Poincare were neglected by the founding fathers of Quantum Physics. Thus history was repeated by Bohr and his students. After quantising the hydrogen atom, they soon found that the textbook case of a three-body problem in atomic physics, the 3He-atom, did not yield to the Bohr-Sommerfeld quantisation methods. Only these days do people realise what precisely were the difficulties connected to this semi classical way of treating quantum systems. Our field, as we know it today, began in principle in the early 1950's, when Watson sketched the outlines of three-body scattering theory. Mathematical rigour was achieved by Faddeev and thereafter, at the beginning of the 1960's, the quantum three-body prob lem, at least as far as short-range forces were concerned, w&s tamed. In the years that followed, through the work of others, who first applied Faddeev's methods, but later added new techniques, the three-and four-body problems became fully housebroken.

Author : R. Daudel,A. Pullman,L. Salem,A. Veillard
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400995161

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Quantum Theory of Chemical Reactions by R. Daudel,A. Pullman,L. Salem,A. Veillard Pdf

This treatise is devoted to an analysis of the present state of the quantum theory of chemical reactions. It will be divided into three volumes and will contain the contributions to an international seminar organized by the editors. The first one, is concerned with the fundamental problems which occur when studying a gas phase reaction or a reaction for which the solvent effect is not taken into account. The two first papers show how the collision theory can be used to predict the behaviour of interacting small molecules. For large molecules the complete calculations are not possible. We can only estimate the reaction path by calculating important areas of the potential surfaces. Four papers are concerned with this important pro cess. Furthermore, in one of these, the electronic reorganization which occurs along the reaction path is carefully analyzed. ~~o papers are devoted to the discussion of general rules as aromaticity rules, symmetry rules. The last two papers are concerned with the electrostatic molecular poten tial method which is the modern way of using static indices to establish relations between structure and chemical reactivity. Volume II will be devoted to a detailed analysis of the role of the solvent and volume III will present important applications as reaction mechanisms, photochemistry, catalysis, biochemical reactions and drug design. SOME RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MOLECULAR TREATMENT OF ATOM-ATOM COLLISIONS.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1994-01-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 0080561438

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Advances in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics by Anonim Pdf

Advances in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, established in 1965, continues its tradition of excellence with Volume 32, published in honor of Founding Editor Sir David Bates upon his retirement as editorof the series. This volume presents reviews of topics related to the applications of atomic and molecular physics to atmospheric physics and astrophysics.

Author : Energy Library
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Power resources
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131828571

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New at the Energy Library by Energy Library Pdf

Author : J.W. Negele,Erich W. Vogt
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2006-04-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780306471018

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Advances in Nuclear Physics by J.W. Negele,Erich W. Vogt Pdf

For the first half of the 20th Century, low-energy nuclear physics was one of the dominant foci of all of science. Then accelerators prospered and energies rose, leading to an increase of interest in the GeV regime and beyond. The three articles comprising this end-of-century Advances in Nuclear Physics present a fitting and masterful summary of the energy regimes through which nuclear physics has developed and promises to develop in future. One article describes new information about fundamental symmetries found with kV neutrons. Another reviews our progress in understanding nucleon-nucleus scattering up to 1 GeV. The third analyzes dilepton production as a probe for quark-gluon plasmas generated in relativistic heavy-ion collisions.