Collision Theory

Collision Theory
Author: Marvin L. Goldberger
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 930
Release: 2004-01-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0486435075

A systematic description of the basic principles of collision theory, this graduate-level text presents a detailed examination of scattering processes and formal scattering theory, the two-body problem with central forces, scattering by noncentral forces, lifetime and decay of virtual states, an introduction to dispersion theory, and more. 1964 edition.

Quantum Collision Theory of Nonrelativistic Particles

Quantum Collision Theory of Nonrelativistic Particles
Author: Reiner M. Dreizler
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2022-10-21
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3662655918

This book introduces the scattering theory of nonrelativistic systems, a standard tool for interpreting collision experiments with quantum particles at energies not too high. The goal is to explore the interaction between particles and their properties. The authors cover the basics of the theory through a detailed discussion of elastic scattering using the stationary Schrödinger equation and the Lippmann-Schwinger equation. These remarks are supplemented by a consideration of the time-dependent formulation of scattering theory. Selection rules for effective cross sections due to symmetries conditioned by the structure of the interparticle forces and the scattering of spin-polarized particles are discussed. The foundations for the treatment of inelastic processes are laid and explained by application to three-body and nucleotransfer processes. In all chapters, the more technical, mathematical aspect and the more physics-oriented explanations are separated as far as possible. The explanations are well comprehensible and suitable to introduce the reader to the physics of impact processes. This book is a translation of the original German 1st edition Streutheorie in der nichtrelativistischen Quantenmechanik by Reiner M. Dreizler, Tom Kirchner & Cora S. Lüdde, published by Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature in 2018. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). The present version has been revised extensively with respect to technical and linguistic aspects by the authors. Springer Nature works continuously to further the development of tools for the production of books and on the related technologies to support the authors.

Molecular Collision Theory

Molecular Collision Theory
Author: M. S. Child
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2014-08-11
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0486150240

This high-level monograph offers an excellent introduction to the theory required for interpretation of an increasingly sophisticated range of molecular scattering experiments. There are five helpful appendixes dealing with continuum wavefunctions, Green's functions, semi-classical connection formulae, curve-crossing in the momentum representation, and elements of classical mechanics. The contents of this volume have been chosen to emphasize the quantum mechanical and semi-classical nature of collision events, with little attention given to purely classical behavior. The treatment is essentially analytical. Some knowledge of the quantum mechanics of bound states is assumed.

Introduction to the Theory of Collisions of Electrons with Atoms and Molecules

Introduction to the Theory of Collisions of Electrons with Atoms and Molecules
Author: S.P. Khare
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 362
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1461506115

An understanding of the collisions between micro particles is of great importance for the number of fields belonging to physics, chemistry, astrophysics, biophysics etc. The present book, a theory for electron-atom and molecule collisions is developed using non-relativistic quantum mechanics in a systematic and lucid manner. The scattering theory is an essential part of the quantum mechanics course of all universities. During the last 30 years, the author has lectured on the topics presented in this book (collisions physics, photon-atom collisions, electron-atom and electron-molecule collisions, "electron-photon delayed coincidence technique", etc.) at many institutions including Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, The University of Western Ontario, Canada, and The Meerut University, India. The present book is the outcome of those lectures and is written to serve as a textbook for post-graduate and pre-PhD students and as a reference book for researchers.

Quantum Mechanics of Molecular Rate Processes

Quantum Mechanics of Molecular Rate Processes
Author: Raphael D. Levine
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 351
Release: 2011-11-30
Genre: Science
ISBN: 048615064X

This survey of applications of the theory of collisions and rate processes to molecular problems explores collisions of molecules with internal structure, generalized Ehrenfest theorem, theory of reactive collisions, and role of symmetry. It also reviews partitioning technique, equivalent potentials and quasibound states, theory of direct reactions, more. 1969 edition.

Scattering Theory

Scattering Theory
Author: John R. Taylor
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 498
Release: 2012-05-23
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0486142078

This graduate-level text, intended for any student of physics who requires a thorough grounding in the quantum theory of nonrelativistic scattering, emphasizes the time-dependent approach. 1983 edition.

Theory of Molecular Collisions

Theory of Molecular Collisions
Author: Gabriel G. Balint-Kurti
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2015-07-03
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1849738300

Almost 100 years have passed since Trautz and Lewis put forward their collision theory of molecular processes. Today, knowledge of molecular collisions forms a key part of predicting and understanding chemical reactions. This book begins by setting out the classical and quantum theories of atom-atom collisions. Experimentally observable aspects of the scattering processes; their relationship to reaction rate constants and the experimental methods used to determine them are described. The quantum mechanical theory of reactive scattering is presented and related to experimental observables. The role of lasers in the measurement and analysis of reactive molecular collisions is also discussed. Written with postgraduates and newcomers to the field in mind, mathematics is kept to a minimum, and readers are guided to appendices and further reading to gain a deeper understanding of the mathematics involved.

Collision Theory

Collision Theory
Author: A P Srivastava
Publisher: RUCHI SRIVASTAVA
Total Pages: 13
Release: 2023-07-21
Genre: Science
ISBN:

Principles of Quantum Scattering Theory

Principles of Quantum Scattering Theory
Author: Dzevad Belkic
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 402
Release: 2020-01-15
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9781420033649

Scattering is one of the most powerful methods used to study the structure of matter, and many of the most important breakthroughs in physics have been made by means of scattering. Nearly a century has passed since the first investigations in this field, and the work undertaken since then has resulted in a rich literature encompassing both experimental and theoretical results. In scattering, one customarily studies collisions among nuclear, sub-nuclear, atomic or molecular particles, and as these are intrinsically quantum systems, it is logical that quantum mechanics is used as the basis for modern scattering theory. In Principles of Quantum Scattering Theory, the author judiciously combines physical intuition and mathematical rigour to present various selected principles of quantum scattering theory. As always in physics, experiment should be used to ultimately validate physical and mathematical modelling, and the author presents a number of exemplary illustrations, comparing theoretical and experimental cross sections in a selection of major inelastic ion-atom collisions at high non-relativistic energies. Quantum scattering theory, one of the most beautiful theories in physics, is also very rich in mathematics. Principles of Quantum Scattering Theory is intended primarily for graduate physics students, but also for non-specialist physicists for whom the clarity of exposition should aid comprehension of these mathematical complexities.