Microwave Molecular Spectra

Description

This book represents the most comprehensive treatment available on the analysis and interpretation of high resolution, microwave rotational spectra of gaseous molecules. It reflects many exciting new developments in microwave spectroscopy, and focuses on subtle new techniques that have improved the sensitivity and resolving power of microwave spectrometers as well as their applicability to new types of spectra.It discusses the recent detection of the microwave spectra of nonpolar, spherical-top molecules and details advances in microwave molecular ion spectroscopy, as well as the observation of rotational spectra of weak, hydrogen-bonded complexes and rare gas atom-molecule complexes (van der Waals molecules). Content: Front Matter • Preface • Preface to the Second Edition • Table of Contents • 1. Introduction 2. Theoretical Aspects of Molecular Rotation 3. Microwave Transitions-Line Intensities and Shapes 4. Diatomic Molecules 5. Linear Polyatomic Molecules 6. Symmetric-Top Molecules 7. Asymmetric-Top Molecules 8. The Distortable Rotor 9. Nuclear Hyperfine Structure in Molecular Rotational Spectra 10. Effects of Applied Electric Fields 11. Effects of Applied Magnetic Fields 12. Internal Motions 13. Derivation of Molecular Structures 14. Quadrupole Couplings, Dipole Moments, and the Chemical Bond 15. Irreducible Tensor Methods for Calculation of Complex Spectra Appendix A: Notes on Matrix Mechanical Methods • Appendix B: Calculation of the Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors of a Hermitian Tridiagonal Matrix by the Continued Fraction Method • Appendix C: The Van Vleck Transformation • Appendix D: Fundamental Constants and Conversion Factors • Appendix E: Isotopic Abundances, Masses, and Moments • Appendix F: Bond Radii • Appendix G: Electronegativities of the Elements • Appendix H: Computational Procedure for the Vibrational Eigenvalue Problem • Appendix I: Energies and Relative Intensities of Nuclear Quadrupole Hyperfine Structure • Appendix J: Nuclear Quadrupole Second-Order Correction Energies for Linear or Symmetric-Top Molecules • Author Index • Subject Index