Molecules and Radiation: An Introduction to Modern Molecular Spectroscopy

Steinfeld, Jeffrey I.

ISBN 10: 0262192314 / ISBN 13: 9780262192316

Published by MIT Press, Cambrodge, MA and London, 1989

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493 pp., xvii. First published in 1974; Revised Second Edition in 1985; this coy, Stated: "Third printing, 1989". Following Prefaces to each of the two editions, Contents divided into 14 Parts: (1) "Review of the Quantum Mechanical Background"; (2) "Atomic spectra"; (3) "Diatomic Molecules"; (4) "Rotation and Vibration of Diatomic Molecules"; (5) "Electronic Spectra of Diatomic Molecules"; (6) "Rudimentary Group Theory"; (7) "Rotational Spectra of Polyatomic Molecules"; (8) "Vibrational Spectra of Polyatomic Molecules"; (9) "Electronic Spectra of Polyatomic Molecules"; (10) "From Molecular Beams to to Masers to Lasers"; (11) "Optical Resonance Spectroscopy"; (12) "Coherent Transient Spectroscopy"; (13) "Multiple-Photon Spectroscopy"; (14) "Spectroscopoy beyond Molecular Constants"; Appendix A: "Direct Product Tables", pp. 454-458; Appendix B: "Lagrangian Mechanics", pp. 459-462; Appendix C: "Density Matrix Methods", pp. 463-470; Appendix D: "Dipole Correlation and Spectral Density Functions", pp. 471-474; Appendix E: "The Literature of Spectroscopy", pp. 475-482; Appendix F: "IUPAC/IUPAP Energy Conversion Constants (Revised 1973)", p. 483; Index, pp. 485-493. Medium purple cloth with strong white lettering on spine. Glossy purple, orange and white dustwrapper not price-clipped (no price) with Title lettering in white at rightmiddle front cover, adjacent to Subtitle lettering in smaller white letters at left middle front cover; Author name lettering in small white letters at top right front cover; dw spine slightly faded(all lettering still eminently readable); small bits of rubbing at corners and spine corners with tiny bits of white beneath coloring evident; 1/4" tear at top edge front dover at 1 1/4"to left of top right corner (Now Archival tape applied): describes worse than it is but there you have it: Nearly Fine. Book itself: Strong binding (NO cracks); sharp corners (NO bumps or curls); NO rubbing wear (dustwrapper did its job); NO remainder marks; NO previous owner names. Clean text. Book looks little used, if that. Solid copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Molecules and Radiation: An Introduction to Modern Molecular Spectroscopy
• Publisher: MIT Press, Cambrodge, MA and London
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262192314
• ISBN 13: 9780262192316
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Printing: 3rd Printing
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

An enormous amount of research on lasers and their applications in spectroscopy has been done over the decade since the first edition of this text,was published in 1974. The last five of the book's 14 chapters have been completely rewritten for this new edition to reflect these developments. They take up molecular beams, masers, lasers, optical resonance spectroscopy, coherent transient spectroscopy, multiple-photon spectroscopy, and "spectroscopy beyond molecular constants."

What has not changed in this edition is the breadth of its coverage, one of the features that led to its wide use as a graduate-level text. It is still the only available text that presents from a consistent theoretical perspective an introduction both to classical atomic and molecular spectroscopy and to the spectroscopic advances made possible by modern optics, particularly laserbased methods.

Although the author has taken care not to lose sight of the lore and tradition of classical spectroscopy, his underlying interest is in molecular dynamics and the interaction of radiation and matter, in addition to the tabulation and assignment of spectral lines and their interpretation in terms of molecular structure.

The first nine chapters deal mainly with classical topics. The presentations have been updated and corrected, and a more consistent notation is employed in this edition. After a review of the quantum-mechanical background and atomic spectra, the book discusses the rotational, vibrational, and electronic spectra of diatomic molecules. A brief presentation of rudimentary group theory then leads to a consideration of the spectra of polyatomic molecules.

Jeffrey I. Steinfeld is Professor of Chemistry at MIT.

About the Author

Steinfeld of Massachusetts Institute of Technology