Jet Spectroscopy and Molecular Dynamics [Paperback]

Recent years have seen an explosion in the volume of work carried out using supersonic jets of molecules following the discovery that the technique could provide information on structure and dynamics of a very high quality otherwise impossible to obtain. Written and edited by a first class team of authors, acknowledged world leaders in their subjects, this book describes applications in detail along with analysis of data recorded and background theory. Physical chemists and chemical physicists will find this unique book an essential concentrated source of information and reference.Recent years have seen an explosion in the volume of work carried out using supersonic jets of molecules following the discovery that the technique could provide information on structure and dynamics of a very high quality otherwise impossible to obtain. Written and edited by a first class team of authors, acknowledged world leaders in their subjects, this book describes applications in detail along with analysis of data recorded and background theory. Physical chemists and chemical physicists will find this unique book an essential concentrated source of information and reference.Rotational spectroscopy of weakly bound complexes. Infrared spectroscopy in supersonic free jets and molecular beams. Electronic spectroscopy of free radicals in supersonic jets. Structure of weakly bound complexes from electronic spectra. Jet spectra of aromatic molecules in hydrogen bonded microsolvant clusters. Rotational coherence phenomena. Ultrafast dynamics of IVR in molecules and reactions. Fast relaxation processes in jet-cooled van der Waals clusters involving large aromatic molecules. Internal rotation dynamics from electronic spectroscopy in supersonic jets and beams. Shedding light on dark states. Index.`...this is an important book which surely has a place on the bookshelf of every user and potential user of jets and beams...inforlƒA