Molecular Physics

Contents of Volume 3, Part B

Contributors to Volume 3, Part B

Foreword

Contents of Volume 3, Part A

Contributors to Volume 3, Part A


4. Resonance Studies


4.1. Introduction to Magnetic Resonance


4.1.1. The Resonance Condition


4.1.2. Thermal Equilibrium and Relaxation


4.1.3. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy


4.1.4. Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy


4.1.5. Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance


4.2. Basic Principles of Radio-frequency Spectrometers


4.2.1. The Bloch Equations


4.2.2. Continuous Wave Spectrometers


4.2.3. Pulsed Spectrometers


4.2.4. Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance Spectrometers


4.3. Basic Principles of Electron Spin Resonance Spectrometers


4.3.1. Principles of Operation


4.3.2. Overall Spectrometer Systems


4.3.3. Components of Electron Spin Resonance Spectrometer Systems


4.4. Computer Methods in Magnetic Resonance


5. Mass Spectrometry


5.1. Introduction


5.1.1. Ionization Potentials


5.1.2. Experimental Methods for Determining Appearance Potentials


5.2. Molecular Structural Applications


5.2.1. Molecular Ionization Potentials


5.2.2. The Ionization Potentials of Free Radicals


5.2.3. Bond Dissociation Energies


5.2.4. Electron Affinities by Mass Spectrometric Methods


5.2.5. High-Temperature Chemistry Studies


5.3. Chemical Kinetics


5.3.1. Detection of Free Radicals in Thermal Reactions


5.3.2. Detection of Free Radicals in Photochemical Reactions


5.3.3. Fast Reactions by Mass Spectrometry


5.3.4. Ion-Molecule Reactions


6. Molecular Beam Spectroscopy


6.1. Introduction


6.1.1. Beam Deflection Experiments


6.1.2. Beam Absorption Spectrometers


6.1.3. Beam Resonance Spectrometers


6.1.4. Beam Maser Spectrometers


6.1.5. Beam Translational Spectroscopy


6.2. Methods and Experimental Foundations


6.2.1. Sources


6.2.2. Detectors


6.2.3. Deflection, Focusing, and State Selection Using Inhomogeneous Electric and Magnetic Fields


6.2.4. Spectrometer Operation and Design


6.2.5. The Transition Process


6.3. Nonresonance Experiments


6.3.1. Deflection Studies


6.3.2. Time-of-Flight Experiments on Metastable Molecules


6.4. Resonance Experiments


6.4.1. Electric Resonance of Diatomic Molecules in 1Σ States


6.4.2. Magnetic Resonance of Diatomic Molecules in λΣ States


6.4.3. Molecules in Metastable, Excited, Electronic States


6.4.4. Electric and Magnetic Resonance Studies of Polyatomic Molecules


6.4.5. Beam Maser Spectroscopy


6.4.6. Miscellaneous

Addendum


7. Recently Developed Methods of Investigation


7.1. Photoelectric Spectroscopy


7.1.1. Photoionization and Photoelectron Spectroscopy


7.1.2. Low-Energy Photoelectron Spectroscopy


7.1.3. High-Energy Photoelectron Spectroscopy


7.2. Inelastic Electron Scattering


7.2.1. Introduction


7.2.2. Born Approximation


7.2.3. Apparatus


7.2.4. Relative Intensities


7.2.5. Absolute Intensities. Collision Cross Sections. Technique


7.2.6. Limiting Oscillator Strengths. Theory 901


7.2.7. Limiting Oscillator Strengths. Experimental Determination


7.2.8. Discrepancies and Contradictions


7.2.9. Scattering at Larger Angles. Deviations from the Born Approximation. Extended Selection Rules


7.2.10. Scattering at Low Kinetic Energies


7.2.11. Other Methods and Procedures

Appendix: Units


7.3. Inelastic Neutron Scattering


7.3.1. Introduction


7.3.2. Theory of the Incoherent Neutron Scattering and Its Application to Molecular Dynamics


7.3.3. Experimental Techniques of Neutron Spectroscopy


7.3.4. Applications of Neutron Spectroscopy to Studies of Molecular Motions in Solid and Liquid Phases

Author Index for Volumes A and B

Subject Index for Volumes A and B