Molecular Symmetry, Super-Rotation, and Semiclassical Motion, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017 New Ideas for Solving Old Problems Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics Series, Vol. 97
The book begins with an introduction to molecular symmetry in general, followed by a discussion of nuclear spin symmetry. Here, a new correlation between identical particle exchange and spin angular momentum symmetry of nuclei is exhibited. The central part of the book is the discussion of extremely floppy molecules, which are not describable in the framework of traditional theories. The book introduces a fundamentally new approach to describing the molecular dynamics of these molecules - the super-rotor model, which is based on a five-dimensional symmetry that has never been observed in molecules before. By applying the super-rotor theory to the prototype of floppy molecules, protonated methane, this model can consistently predict the symmetry and energy of low-energy states, which were characterized experimentally only a few years ago. The theoretical predictions agree with the experimental results, which makes the prospect of further developing the super-rotor theory and applying it to other molecules a promising one. In the final section, the book also covers the topic of ultrafast rotations, where usual quantum calculations reach their natural limits. A semi-classical method for determining rotational energies, developed in the early 1990s, is shown to be attachable to quantum calculations of the vibrational states. This new combined method is suitable for efficiently calculating ro-vibrational energies, even for molecular states with large angular momentum.
New ideas to old problems – An introduction
Part I Group theory in molecular physics
1 Basic concepts
2 Schur-Weyl duality in molecules
3 Reactive collisions
Part II Extremely floppy molecules
1 Introducing extreme floppiness
2 Symmetry beyond perturbation theory
3 The molecular super-rotor
4 Super-rotor states and their symmetry
5 Protonated methane
6 Refinements and further applications
Part III Semi-classical approach to rotational dynamics
1 Ultrafast rotation
2 Application to sulfur dioxide
3 Discussion
New ideas to old problems – A conclusion
Hanno Schmiedt received his PhD from the University of Cologne, Germany, in 2017, where he also obtained his MSc in 2014. In 2009, he became a fellow of the German National Academic Foundation, and he was awarded the “Honors Branch” scholarship of the Bonn Cologne Graduate School of Physics and Astronomy (BCGS) in 2014.
His research focus is on molecular spectroscopy, where he studies unconventional dynamical behavior in small molecular systems. He is the co-author of several publications on molecular symmetry and semiclassical calculations of rotational energies for small molecules.Presents fundamentally new ideas for describing dynamics in small molecules
Describes the application of molecular symmetry calculations to formulate new models for internal molecular motion
Compares a recent experimental work with theoretical calculations
Covers three different hot topics in molecular spectroscopy: nuclear spin symmetry, the motion of extremely floppy molecules, and the ultrafast rotations of small molecules in hot environments
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Date de parution : 08-2018
Ouvrage de 171 p.
15.5x23.5 cm
Date de parution : 09-2017
Ouvrage de 171 p.
15.5x23.5 cm