Group Theory with Applications in Chemical Physics

Patrick Jacobs

484 pages, parution le 08/12/2005

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Résumé

Group Theory is an indispensable mathematical tool in many branches of chemistry and physics. This book provides a self-contained and rigorous account on the fundamentals and applications of the subject to chemical physics, assuming no prior knowledge of group theory. The first half of the book focuses on elementary topics, such as molecular and crystal symmetry, whilst the latter half is more advanced in nature. Discussions on more complex material such as space groups, projective representations, magnetic crystals and spinor bases, often omitted from introductory texts, are expertly dealt with. With the inclusion of numerous exercises and worked examples, this book will appeal to advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students studying physical sciences and is an ideal text for use on a two-semester course.

An introductory and advanced text that comprehensively covers fundamentals and applications of group theory in detail

Suitable for a two-semester course with numerous worked examples and problems

Includes several topics often omitted from introductory texts, such as rotation group, space groups and spinor bases

Sommaire

Preface
Notation and conventions
The elementary properties of groups
Symmetry operators and point groups
Matrix representations
Group representations
Bases of representations
Molecular orbitals
Crystal field theory
Double groups
Molecular vibrations
Transitions between electronic states
The rotation group
Projective representations
Time-reversal symmetry
The crystallographic magnetic point groups
Macroscopic properties of crystals
Space groups
Electronic energy states in crystals
The vibration of atoms in crystals
Appendices
References
Index

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Éditeur(s)	Cambridge University Press
Auteur(s)	Patrick Jacobs
Parution	08/12/2005
Nb. de pages	484
Format	18 x 25,5
Couverture	Relié
Poids	1186g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780521642507
ISBN13	978-0-521-64250-7