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Handbook o f
Molecular Physics and
Quantum Chemistry
Volume 1
Fundamentals
Stephen Wilson
VOLUME 1 : FUNDAMENTALS
Contributors to Volume 1
vii Part 3: Orbital Models for Atomic, Molecularand Crystal Structure
221Foreword to Volume 1
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16 Orbital Models for Many-electron Systems
223J. Avery/R. McWeeny
Preface to Volume 1
Xiii
17 Electronic Structure of Atoms
23 6J. Avery
18 Interlude : The Description of Electronic Structure
25 0Part 1 : Introduction
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1 Molecular Physics and Quantum Chemistry
3
19 Molecular Orbitals and Molecular Structure
263S. Wilson
J. Avery/R. McWeen y
2 Basic Properties of the Elements
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20 Orbital Models for Periodic Systems
28 5S. Wilson
J. Avery3 Units and Atomic Units
39
21 Relativistic Independent Particle Models
30 1S. Wilson
S. Wilso n4 Some Mathematical Apparatus and Data
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5 Physical Constants
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Part 4: Symmetry Groups and MolecularStructure
313Part 2: Elements of Quantum Mechanics
67 22 Group Theory
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6 The Physical Basis of Quantum Theory
69
P .J. Grou t
R. McWeeny
23 The Symmetric Group
36 9S. Wilson
7 Some Simple Solutions of Schrödinger's Equation
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24 The Unitary Group
38 0R. McWeeny
S. Wilson8 Mathematical Digression
90
25 Mathematical Apparatus of the Theory of Angula rR. McWeeny
Momentum - A.P . Yutsis/I .B . Levinson/V .V . Vanagas
39 09 The General Formulation of Quantum Mechanics
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R. McWeeny
10 An Illustrative Application
126R. McWeeny
Part 5 : Second Quantization and Many-bod y11 General Theory of Representations
13 9R. McWeeny
Methods
42912 Symmetry in Quantum Mechanics : An Introduction
161
26 Classical Field Theory and Second Quantization
43 1R. McWeeny
B .T. Pickup
13 Spherical Symmetry : Angular Momentum
176
27 The Occupation Number Representation and the Many-bodyR . McWeeny
Problem
44 214 Relativity and Quantum Mechanics
190
B.T. Pickup
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28 Second Quantization and Lie Algebra
45 215 The Dirac Equation and Dirac Spectrum
200
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29 Spectral Density Distribution Moments
46 115 Appendices to Part 2
210
J.A . KarwowskiR . McWeeny
Part 6 : Approximate Separation of Electronic
Part 7: Quantum Electrodynamics of Atom sand Nuclear Motion
475 and Molecules
62130 The Atomic Nucleus
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37 Classical Electrodynamics
623A.-M. Mdrtensson-Pendrill/M. G.H. Gustavsson
R . Guy Woolley31 Coordinate Systems and Transformations
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38 The Free Electromagnetic Field
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R . Guy Woolley32 Molecular Hamiltonians
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39 Quantization of the Electromagnetic Field
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R . Guy Woolley33 Relativistic Molecular Hamiltonians
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40 Atoms, Photons, and Molecules
67 9H.M. Quiney
R . Guy Woolley34 Potential Energy Curves and Surfaces
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Contents for Volumes 2 and 3
70535 Molecular Structure and Bonding
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36 Breakdown of the Born-Oppenheimer Approximation
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Subject Index
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