Rotational Structure in Molecular Infrared Spectra (Hardcover, New)

1. The Vibration-Rotation Problem 2. Interaction of Matter and Light 3. Molecular Symmetry and Spectroscopy 4. Symmetry of Wavefunctions in Vibration-Rotation Spectroscopy 5. Nuclear Spin Statistical Weights 6. Expansion and Transformations of the Vibration-Rotation Hamiltonian 7. Effects of Centrifugal Distortions 8. Spectra of Symmetric Top Molecules 9. Spectra of Asymmetric Top Molecules 10. Spectra of Spherical Top Molecules 11. Floppy Molecules Appendix 1: Phases of Wavefunctions Appendix 2: Eigenfunctions of Commuting Operators Appendix 3: Coupling of Angular Momenta Appendix 4: Angular Momentum Matrix Elements Appendix 5: The Full Rotation Group and Irreducible Spherical Tensors Appendix 6: Direction Cosine Operators Appendix 7: Harmonic Oscillators Appendix 8: Vibrational Normal Modes and Coriolis Coefficients Appendix 9: Contact Transformation and Perturbation Methods