Density Matrix Theory and Applications (Physics of Atoms and Molecules) - Hardcover

Blum, Karl

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 030645341X ISBN 13: 9780306453410

Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 1996

Synopsis

The Second Edition of this highly regarded text continues to provide a systematic treatment of density matrix techniques. The text discusses basic principles and recent studies in atomic and molecular reactions. A new chapter explores the role of orientation and alignment in molecular physics.

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from a review of the First Edition:
`[The author's] clear pedagogic style makes this a very useful reference work for readers who want to learn density matrix theory. ... Highly recommended, particularly for graduate school physics libraries.'
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In the first three chapters, the basic concepts and methods of density matrix theory are introduced, with discussion of some of the fundamental ideas of quantum mechanics and statistics. The second part of the book (chapters 4-6) is devoted to the application of the irreducible tensor method in density matrix theory. In the last chapter is discusse

Edition details

• Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 030645341X
• ISBN 13: 9780306453410
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 342