Volume 1: Fundamentals and Theory
Contributors ix
Preface xv
Abbreviations and Acronyms xvii
Molecular Quantum Mechanics and Molecular Spectra, Molecular Symmetry, and Interaction of Matter with Radiation 1
Fr?ed?eric Merkt and Martin Quack
Fundamentals of Rotational Spectroscopy 57
Alfred Bauder
Fundamentals of Rotation-Vibration Spectra 117
Sieghard Albert, Karen Keppler Albert, Hans Hollenstein, Carine Manca Tanner and Martin Quack
Fundamentals of Electronic Spectroscopy 175
Hans Jakob W?orner and Fr?ed?eric Merkt
Conventions, Symbols, Quantities, Units and Constants for High-resolution Molecular Spectroscopy 263
J?urgen Stohner and Martin Quack
Analytic Derivative Methods in Molecular Electronic Structure Theory: A New Dimension to Quantum Chemistry and its Applications to Spectroscopy 325
Yukio Yamaguchi and Henry F. Schaefer III
Ab Initio Theory for Accurate Spectroscopic Constants and Molecular Properties 363
David P. Tew, Wim Klopper, Rafal A. Bachorz and Christof H?attig
Prediction of Vibrational Spectra from Ab Initio Theory 389
J?urgen Breidung and Walter Thiel
Relativistic Electronic Structure Theory for Molecular Spectroscopy 405
Remigius Mastalerz and Markus Reiher
Ab Initio Calculations for Rydberg States 443
Martin Jungen
Elements of Quantum Defect Theory 471
Christian Jungen
Global Analytical Potential Energy Surfaces for High-resolution Molecular Spectroscopy and Reaction Dynamics 511
Roberto Marquardt and Martin Quack
High Accuracy Rotation-Vibration Calculations on Small Molecules 551
Jonathan Tennyson
Using Iterative Methods to Compute Vibrational Spectra 573
Tucker Carrington Jr
Indeterminacies of Fitting Parameters in Molecular Spectroscopy 587
James K. G. Watson
Group Theory for High-resolution Spectroscopy of Nonrigid Molecules 607
Melanie Schnell
Orders of Magnitude and Symmetry in Molecular Spectroscopy 633
Takeshi Oka
Fundamental Symmetries and Symmetry Violations from High-resolution Spectroscopy 659
Martin Quack
Volume 2: From MW To IR and UV Spectroscopy
Contributors ix
Preface xv
Abbreviations and Acronyms xvii
Fourier Transform Microwave Spectroscopy Measurement and Instrumentation 723
Jens-Uwe Grabow
New Techniques in Microwave Spectroscopy 801
Steven T. Shipman and Brooks H. Pate
Microwave Spectroscopy of Large Molecules and Molecular Complexes 829
Walther Caminati
THz and Submillimeter-wave Spectroscopy of Molecular Complexes 853
Keiichi Tanaka, Kensuke Harada and Koichi M.T. Yamada
Rotational Spectroscopy of Complexes Containing Free Radicals 897
Yasuki Endo and Yoshihiro Sumiyoshi
Fourier Transform Microwave Spectroscopy of Doped Helium Clusters 917
Wolfgang J?ager and Yunjie Xu
Millimeter and Submillimeter Wave Spectroscopy and Astrophysical Applications 939
Lucy M. Ziurys
High-resolution Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy 965
Sieghard Albert, Karen Keppler Albert and Martin Quack
High-resolution FTIR and Diode Laser Spectroscopy of Supersonic Jets 1021
Marcel Snels, Veronika Hork?a-Zelenkov?a, Hans Hollenstein and Martin Quack
Mass and Isotope-selective Infrared Spectroscopy 1069
Michael Hippler, Eduard Miloglyadov, Martin Quack and Georg Seyfang
High-resolution IR-laser Jet Spectroscopy of Formic Acid Dimer 1119
Martina Havenith and O? zgu?r Birer
High-resolution Infrared Laser Spectroscopy and Gas Sensing Applications 1129
Markus W. Sigrist
High-resolution Raman Spectroscopy of Gases 1153
Alfons Weber
High-resolution Rotational Raman Coherence Spectroscopy with Femtosecond Pulses 1237
Hans-Martin Frey, Dominique Kummli, Simon Lobsiger and Samuel Leutwyler
High-resolution Microwave and Infrared Spectroscopy of Molecular Cations 1267
Takayoshi Amano
Electronic Spectroscopy in the Gas Phase 1291
David W. Pratt
Electronic Spectroscopy of Transient Molecules 1321
Zohra Guennoun and John P. Maier
Rotationally Resolved Electronic Spectroscopy and Automatic Assignment Techniques using Evolutionary Algorithms 1345
Michael Schmitt and W. Leo Meerts
Precision Laser Spectroscopy in the Extreme Ultraviolet 1373
Kjeld S.E. Eikema and Wim Ubachs
Volume 3: Special Techniques and Applications
Contributors ix
Preface xv
Abbreviations and Acronyms xvii
Introduction to Modeling High-resolution Spectra 1415
Colin M. Western
Spherical Top Theory and Molecular Spectra 1437
Vincent Boudon, Jean-Paul Champion, Tony Gabard, Michel Lo?ete, Maud Rotger and Christian Wenger
Effective Hamiltonians for Electronic Fine Structure and Polyatomic Vibrations 1461
Robert W. Field, Joshua H. Baraban, Samuel H. Lipoff and Annelise R. Beck
Theory of the Jahn-Teller Effect 1517
Horst K?oppel, Lorenz S. Cederbaum and Susanta Mahapatra
Helium Droplets as Nanocryostats for Molecular Spectroscopy-from the Vacuum Ultraviolet to the Microwave Regime 1551
Carlo Callegari and Wolfgang E. Ernst
High-resolution Valence-shell Photoionization 1595
Stephen T. Pratt
High-resolution Photoelectron Spectroscopy 1617
Fr?ed?eric Merkt, Stefan Willitsch and Urs Hollenstein
High-resolution Inner-shell Photoionization, Photoelectron and Coincidence Spectroscopy 1655
Catalin Miron and Paul Morin
Experimental Methods in Cation Spectroscopy 1691
Stefan Willitsch
Molecular Clusters and Noncovalent Bonds Probed by Photoionization and Photoelectron Spectroscopy 1713
Klaus M?uller-Dethlefs and Mikko Riese
Spectroscopy and Reaction Dynamics of Anions 1741
Roland Wester
Doppler-free Laser Spectroscopy 1759
Wolfgang Demtr?oder
Attosecond Spectroscopy 1781
Hans Jakob W?orner and Paul B. Corkum
Femtosecond and Attosecond Light Sources and Techniques for Spectroscopy 1805
Lukas Gallmann and Ursula Keller
2D-Infrared Spectroscopy 1837
Peter Hamm
High-resolution Photofragment Translational Spectroscopy using Rydberg Tagging Methods 1859
Michael N. R. Ashfold, Graeme A. King, Michael G. D. Nix and Thomas A. A. Oliver
Photodissociation Dynamics of Polyatomic Molecules: Diffuse Structures and Nonadiabatic Coupling 1885
Reinhard Schinke
High-resolution Infrared-Ultraviolet (IR-UV) Double-resonance Spectroscopy of Biological Molecules 1911
E. Cristina Stanca-Kaposta and John P. Simons
Multiphoton Resonance Spectroscopy of Biological Molecules 1943
Thomas H?aber and Karl Kleinermanns
Spectroscopy of the Earth's Atmosphere 1971
Jean-Marie Flaud and Johannes Orphal
High-resolution Infrared Spectroscopy of Acetylene: Theoretical Background and Research Trends 1993
Michel Herman
Subject Index 2027
Author Index 2089
