366 Days: a tale of denial and desperation- part of the Submitting to Him Collection (warning: extremely dark)

Fundamentals of Molecular Spectroscopy CONTENTS PREFACE 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 CHARACTERIZATION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION 1.2 THE QUANTIZATION OF ENERGY 1.3 REGIONS OF THE SPECTRUM 1.4 REPRESENTATION OF SPECTRA 1.5 BASIC ELEMENTS OF PRACTICAL SPECTROSCOPY 1.6 SIGNAL-TO-NOISE: RESOLVING POWER 1.7 THE WIDTH AND INTENSITY OF SPECTRAL TRANSITIONS 1.8 FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROSCOPY 1.9 ENHANCEMENT OF SPECTRA: COMPUTER AVERAGING 1.10 STIMULATED EMISSION: LASERS 1.11 SYNCHROTRON RADIATION BIBLIOGRAPHY PROBLEMS 2. MICROWAVE SPECTROSCOPY 2.1 THE ROTATION OF MOLECULES 2.2 ROTATIONAL SPECTRA 2.3 DIATOMIC MOLECULES 2.4 POLYATOMIC MOLECULES 2.5 TECHNIQUES AND INSTRUMENTATION 2.6 CHEMICAL ANALYSIS BY MICROWAVE SPECTROSCOPY 2.7 THE MICROWAVE OVEN BIBLIOGRAPHY PROBLEMS 3. INFRA-RED SPECTROSCOPY 3.1 THE VIBRATING DIATOMIC MOLECULE 3.2 THE DIATOMIC VIBRATING ROTATOR 3.3 THE VIBRATION-ROTATION SPECTRUM OF CARBON MONOXIDE 3.4 BREAKDOWN OF THE BORN-OPPENHEIMER APPROXIMATION: THE INTERACTION OF ROTATIONS AND VIBRATIONS 3.5 THE VIBRATIONS OF POLYATOMIC MOLECULES 3.6 THE INFLUENCE OF ROTATION ON THE SPECTRA OF POLYATOMIC MOLECULES 3.7 ANALYSIS BY INFRA-RED TECHNIQUES 3.8 TECHNIQUES AND INSTRUMENTATION BIBLIOGRAPHY PROBLEMS 4. RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY 4.1 INTRODUCTION 4.2 PURE ROTATIONAL RAMAN SPECTRA 4.3 VIBRATIONAL RAMAN SPECTRA 4.4 POLARIZATION OF LIGHT AND THE RAMAN EFFECT 4.5 STRUCTURE DETERMINATION FROM RAMAN AND INFRA-RED SPECTROSCOPY 4.6 TECHNIQUES AND INSTRUMENTATION 4.7 NEAR-INFRA-RED FT-RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY BIBLIOGRAPHY PROBLEMS 5. ELECTRONIC SPECTROSCOPY OF ATOMS 5.1 THE STRUCTURE OF ATOMS 5.2 ELECTRONIC ANGULAR MOMENTUM 5.3 MANY-ELECTRON ATOMS 5.4 THE ANGULAR MOMENTUM OF MANY-ELECTRON ATOMS 5.5 PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY 5.6 THE ZEEMAN EFFECT 5.7 THE INFLUENCE OF NUCLEAR SPIN 5.8 CONCLUSION BIBLIOGRAPHY PROBLEMS 6. ELECTRONIC SPECTROSCOPY OF MOLECULES 6.1 ELECTRONIC SPECTRA OF DIATOMIC MOLECULES 6.2 ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE OF DIATOMIC MOLECULES 6.3 ELECTRONIC SPECTRA OF POLYATOMIC MOLECULES 6.4 TECHNIQUES AND INSTRUMENTATION 6.5 MOLECULAR PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY BIBLIOGRAPHY PROBLEMS 7. SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY 7.1 SPIN AND AN APPLIED FIELD 7.2 NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY: HYDROGEN NUCLEI 7.3 NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY: NUCLEI OTHER THAN HYDROGEN 7.4 TECHNIQUES AND INSTRUMENTATION 7.5 ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY BIBLIOGRAPHY PROBLEMS 8. SOLID STATE AND SURFACE SPECTROSCOPIES 8.1 VIBRATIONAL STUDIES OF SURFACES 8.2 ELECTRONIC SPECTROSCOPIES OF SURFACES 8.3 NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE 8.4 STRUCTURAL METHODS: EXAFS AND SEXAFS BIBLIOGRAPHY PROBLEMS 9. MOESSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY 9.2 APPLICATIONS OF MOESSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY BIBLIOGRAPHY PROBLEMS GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY ANSWERS TO PROBLEMS INDEX