[ebook - physics] quantum mechanics textbook

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1、WordstothereaderabouthowtousethistextbookI.WhatThisBookDoesandDoesNotContainThistextisintendedforusebybeginninggraduatestudentsandadvancedupperdivisionundergraduatestudentsinallareasofchemistry.Itprovides:(i)Anintroductiontothefundamentalsofquantummechanicsastheyapply

2、tochemistry,(ii)Materialthatprovidesbriefintroductionstothesubjectsofmolecularspectroscopyandchemicaldynamics,(iii)Anintroductiontocomputationalchemistryappliedtothetreatmentofelectronicstructuresofatoms,molecules,radicals,andions,(iv)Alargenumberofexercises,problems,

3、anddetailedsolutions.Itdoesnotprovidemuchhistoricalperspectiveonthedevelopmentofquantummechanics.Subjectssuchasthephotoelectriceffect,black-bodyradiation,thedualnatureofelectronsandphotons,andtheDavissonandGermerexperimentsarenotevendiscussed.Toprovideatextthatstudent

4、scanusetogainintroductorylevelknowledgeofquantummechanicsasappliedtochemistryproblems,suchanon-historicalapproachhadtobefollowed.Thistextimmediatelyexposesthereadertothemachineryofquantummechanics.Sections1and2(i.e.,Chapters1-7),togetherwithAppendicesA,B,CandE,couldco

5、nstituteaone-semestercourseformostfirst-yearPh.D.programsintheU.S.A.Section3(Chapters8-12)andselectedmaterialfromotherappendicesorselectionsfromSection6wouldbeappropriateforasecond-quarterorsecond-semestercourse.Chapters13-15ofSections4and5wouldbeofuseforprovidingalin

6、ktoaone-quarterorone-semesterclasscoveringmolecularspectroscopy.Chapter16ofSection5providesabriefintroductiontochemicaldynamicsthatcouldbeusedatthebeginningofaclassonthissubject.Therearemanyquantumchemistryandquantummechanicstextbooksthatcovermaterialsimilartothatcont

7、ainedinSections1and2;infact,ourtreatmentofthismaterialisgenerallybrieferandlessdetailedthanonefindsin,forexample,QuantumChemistry,H.Eyring,J.Walter,andG.E.Kimball,J.WileyandSons,NewYork,N.Y.(1947),QuantumChemistry,D.A.McQuarrie,UniversityScienceBooks,MillValley,Ca.(19

8、83),MolecularQuantumMechanics,P.W.Atkins,OxfordUniv.Press,Oxford,England(1983),orQuantumChemistry,I.N.Levine,PrenticeHall,En