Density Matrix Theory and Applications

• Main Author: Blum, Karl (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
• Edition: 3rd ed. 2012.
• Series: Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics, 64
• Subjects: Physics.; Chemometrics.; Physical chemistry.; Quantum physics.; Atoms.; Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.; Quantum Physics.; Physical Chemistry.; Math. Applications in Chemistry.

Written in a clear pedagogic style, this book deals with the application of density matrix theory to atomic and molecular physics. The aim is to precisely characterize sates by a vector and to construct general formulas and proofs of general theorems. The basic concepts and quantum mechanical fundam...

Table of Contents:

• Basic Concepts
• General Density Matrix Theory
• Coupled Systems
• Irreducible Components of the Density Matrix
• Radiation from Polarized Atoms: Quantum Beats
• Some Applications
• The Role of Orientation and Alignment in Molecular Processes
• Quantum Theory of Relaxation.