Theoretical and Quantum Mechanics Fundamentals for Chemists /

• Main Author: Ivanov, Stefan (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Inorganic chemistry.; Chemistry, Physical and theoretical.; Quantum physics.; Elementary particles (Physics).; Quantum field theory.; Atomic structure.; Molecular structure.; Spectra.; Mechanics.; Mechanics, Applied.; Theoretical and Computational Chemistry.; Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.; Atomic/Molecular Structure and Spectra.; Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.; Inorganic Chemistry.; Quantum Physics.

Theoretical and Quantum Mechanics: Fundamentals provides an introduction to theoretical and quantum mechanics for chemists. The book includes carefully selected quantum mechanics topics of the most fundamental interest and use for chemists and classical mechanics topics that relate and illuminate th...

Table of Contents:

• Selected Topics of Theoretical Mechanics
• Lagrangian Function and Lagrange’s Equations
• Conservation Laws
• Central Conservative Forces
• Rotating Motion of a Charged Particle
• Small Harmonic Oscillations
• Hamiltonian Mechanics
• Basics of Quantum Mechanics
• The Sources of the Quantum Mechanics
• Old Quantum Mechanics
• The Wave Function
• Operators
• The Schroedinger Equation and Time Dependence of the Observables
• Motion in One-Dimensional Potential
• The Harmonic Quantum Oscillator
• The Two-Body Problem - a Hydrogen Atom and a Diatomic Molecule
• Perturbation Theory and Stark Effect
• Spin
• Interaction of an Electron in an Atom with Magnetic Field
• The Helium Atom
• Periodic Table.