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1、WordstothereaderabouthowtousethistextbookI.WhatThisBookDoesandDoesNotContainThistextisintendedforusebybeginninggraduatestudentsandadvancedupperdivisionundergraduatestudentsinallareasofchemistry.Itprovides:(i)Anintroductiontothefundamentalsofquantummechanicsastheyapplytochemistry,(ii)Materia
2、lthatprovidesbriefintroductionstothesubjectsofmolecularspectroscopyandchemicaldynamics,(iii)Anintroductiontocomputationalchemistryappliedtothetreatmentofelectronicstructuresofatoms,molecules,radicals,andions,(iv)Alargenumberofexercises,problems,anddetailedsolutions.Itdoesnotprovidemuchhisto
3、ricalperspectiveonthedevelopmentofquantummechanics.Subjectssuchasthephotoelectriceffect,black-bodyradiation,thedualnatureofelectronsandphotons,andtheDavissonandGermerexperimentsarenotevendiscussed.Toprovideatextthatstudentscanusetogainintroductorylevelknowledgeofquantummechanicsasappliedtoc
4、hemistryproblems,suchanon-historicalapproachhadtobefollowed.Thistextimmediatelyexposesthereadertothemachineryofquantummechanics.Sections1and2(i.e.,Chapters1-7),togetherwithAppendicesA,B,CandE,couldconstituteaone-semestercourseformostfirst-yearPh.D.programsintheU.S.A.Section3(Chapters8-12)an
5、dselectedmaterialfromotherappendicesorselectionsfromSection6wouldbeappropriateforasecond-quarterorsecond-semestercourse.Chapters13-15ofSections4and5wouldbeofuseforprovidingalinktoaone-quarterorone-semesterclasscoveringmolecularspectroscopy.Chapter16ofSection5providesabriefintroductiontochem
6、icaldynamicsthatcouldbeusedatthebeginningofaclassonthissubject.TherearemanyquantumchemistryandquantummechanicstextbooksthatcovermaterialsimilartothatcontainedinSections1and2;infact,ourtreatmentofthismaterialisgenerallybrieferandlessdetailedthanonefindsin,forexample,QuantumChemistry,H.Eyring
7、,J.Walter,andG.E.Kimball,J.WileyandSons,NewYork,N.Y.(1947),QuantumChemistry,D.A.McQuarrie,UniversityScienceBooks,MillValley,Ca.(1983),MolecularQuantumMechanics,P.W.Atkins,OxfordUniv.Press,Oxford,England(1983),orQuantumChemistry,I.N.Levine,PrenticeHall,En
