An invaluable reference for an overall but simple approach tothe complexity of quantum mechanics viewed through quantumoscillators
Quantum oscillators play a fundamental role in many areas ofphysics; for instance, in chemical physics with molecular normalmodes, in solid state physics with phonons, and in quantum theoryof light with photons. Quantum Oscillators is a timely andvisionary book which presents these intricate topics, broadlycovering the properties of quantum oscillators which are usuallydispersed in the literature at varying levels of detail and oftencombined with other physical topics. These properties are:time-independent behavior, reversible dynamics, thermal statisticalequilibrium and irreversible evolution toward equilibrium, togetherwith anharmonicity and anharmonic couplings.
As an application of these intricate topics, special attentionis devoted to infrared lineshapes of single and complex (undergoingFermi resonance or Davydov coupling) damped H-bonded systems,providing key insights into this rapidly evolving area of chemicalscience.
Quantum Oscillators is a long overdue update in the literaturesurrounding quantum oscillators, and serves as an excellentsupplementary text in courses on IR spectroscopy and hydrogenbonding. It is a must-have addition to the library of any graduateor undergraduate student in chemical physics.
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Olivier Henri-Rousseau, Emeritus Professor in TheoreticalChemistry at the University of the Perpignan in France, was thefounder of the Laboratory of Mathematics and Physics at theuniversity. After proposing an explanation of the regioselectivityof 1-3 dipolar cycloadditions (simultaneously with ProfessorKendall N. Houk), he worked in the area of the quantum theory ofhydrogen bonding IR spectroscopy. He has penned eighty-four papers,contributed chapters to eleven books, and recently wrote a book onthe epistemology of Darwinism.
Paul Blaise, Full Professor in Chemical Physics at theUniversity of Perpignan in France, works with ProfessorHenri-Rousseau in the areas of chemical physics, quantum chemistryand chemical education. He belongs to the Laboratory of Mathematicsand Physics and has published fifty-seven articles and six bookchapters.
