The Raman Effect: A Unified Treatment of the Theory of Raman Scattering by Molecules

Presents a unified theoretical treatment, which is complete and rigorous but nonetheless readable. The theoretical treatment requires a variety of mathematical and physical tools. To keep the main text uncluttered, these tools are developed in comprehensive Appendices to which cross–references are made in the main text. These Appendices also ensure that the main text is useful to readers with a wide variety of scientific backgrounds and experience. These include not only spectroscopists, but also chemists, physicists, biochemists and analytical chemists. The presentation is such that postgraduate and postdoctoral students as well as more established research workers will find it valuable.
About the Author
The author was formerly Professor of Structural Chemistry and Director of the Molecular Spectroscopy unit in the University of Bradford. He is distinguished for his original scientific work in a number of areas of Raman spectroscopy. His book, ′Raman Spectroscopy′, published in 1978 and long out of print, was highly successful. He has been co–editor of many books including the Specialist Reports on Molecular Spectroscopy, published by the Royal Society of Chemistry; he retired as Editor–in–Chief of the Journal of Raman Spectroscopy in December 1999.
 

Spis treści:
Preface
Part One Linear Raman Spectroscopy
1 Survey of light–scattering phenomena
2 Introduction to theoretical treatments of incoherent light scattering
3 Classical theory of Rayleigh and Raman scattering
4 Quantum mechanical theory of Rayleigh and Raman scattering
5 Vibrational Raman scattering
6 Rotational and vibration–rotation Raman scattering
7 Vibrational resonance Raman scattering
8 Rotational and vibration–rotation resonance Raman scattering
9 Normal and resonance electronic and vibronic Raman scattering
10 Rayleigh and raman scattering by chiral systems
Part Two Appendic es – a compendium of mathematical and physical tools
Introduction
Appendix 1 The right–handed cartesian axis system and related coordinate systems
Appendix 2 The summation convention
Appendix 3 Direction cosines
Appendix 4 Isotropic averages of products of direction cosines
Appendix 5 The Euler angles and the rotation operator
Appendix 6 Complex numbers and quantities
Appendix 7 Some properties of matrices
Appendix 8 Vectors I
Appendix 9 Vectors II
Appendix 10 Tensors
Appendix 11 Elescrostatics
Appendix 12
Appendix 13 The interaction of a system of electric charges with electric and magnetic fields
Appendix 14 The polarizability tensor
Appendix 15
Appendix 16 Maxwell equations in vacuum and in media
Appendix 17 Monochromatic plane harmonic waves in vacuum and in a non–absorbing linear medium
Appendix 18
Appendix 19
Appendix 20 Sources of electromagentic radiation
Appendix 21 Polarization of electromagnetic radiation
Appendix 22
Appendix 23 Clebsch–Gordan coeeficients and Wigner 3–j and 6–j symbols