Book description
An invaluable reference for an overall but simple approach to the
complexity of quantum mechanics viewed through quantum oscillators
Quantum oscillators play a fundamental role in many areas of physics;
for instance, in chemical physics with molecular normal modes, in
solid state physics with phonons, and in quantum theory of light with
photons. Quantum Oscillators is a timely and visionary book which
presents these intricate topics, broadly covering the properties of
quantum oscillators which are usually dispersed in the literature at
varying levels of detail and often combined with other physical
topics. These properties are: time-independent behavior, reversible
dynamics, thermal statistical equilibrium and irreversible evolution
toward equilibrium, together with anharmonicity and anharmonic couplings.
As an application of these intricate topics, special attention is
devoted to infrared lineshapes of single and complex (undergoing Fermi
resonance or Davydov coupling) damped H-bonded systems, providing key
insights into this rapidly evolving area of chemical science.
Quantum Oscillators is a long overdue update in the literature
surrounding quantum oscillators, and serves as an excellent
supplementary text in courses on IR spectroscopy and hydrogen bonding.
It is a must-have addition to the library of any graduate or
undergraduate student in chemical physics.
Olivier Henri-Rousseau, Emeritus Professor in Theoretical Chemistry
at the University of the Perpignan in France, was the founder of the
Laboratory of Mathematics and Physics at the university. After
proposing an explanation of the regioselectivity of 1-3 dipolar
cycloadditions (simultaneously with Professor Kendall N. Houk), he
worked in the area of the quantum theory of hydrogen bonding IR
spectroscopy. He has penned eighty-four papers, contributed chapters
to eleven books, and recently wrote a book on the epistemology of Darwinism.
Paul Blaise, Full Professor in Chemical Physics at the University of
Perpignan in France, works with Professor Henri-Rousseau in the areas
of chemical physics, quantum chemistry and chemical education. He
belongs to the Laboratory of Mathematics and Physics and has published
fifty-seven articles and six book chapters.
