Advances in Chemical Physics, Volume 147

The Advances in Chemical Physics series the cutting edgeof research in chemical physics

The Advances in Chemical Physics series provides thechemical physics and physical chemistry fields with a forum forcritical, authoritative evaluations of advances in every area ofthe discipline. Filled with cutting–edge research reported in acohesive manner not found elsewhere in the literature, each volumeof the Advances in Chemical Physics series offerscontributions from internationally renowned chemists and serves asthe perfect supplement to any advanced graduate class devoted tothe study of chemical physics.

This volume explores:

Hydrogen Bond Topology and Proton Ordering in Ice and WaterClusters (Sherwin J. Singer and Chris Knight)

Molecular Inner–Shell Spectroscopy, Arpis Technique and ItsApplications (Eiji Shigemasa and Nobuhiro Kosugi)

Geometric Optimal Control of Simple Quantum Systems: GeometricOptimal Control Theory (Dominique Sugny)

Density Matrix Equation for a Bathed Small System and itsApplication to Molecular Magnets (D. A. Garanin)

A Fractional Langevin Equation Approach to Diffusion MagneticResonance Imaging (Jennie Cooke)

Hydrogen–Bond Topology and Proton Ordering in Ice and WaterClusters 1
By Sherwin J. Singer and Chris Knight

Molecular Inner–Shell Spectroscopy. Arpis Technique and itsApplications 75
By Eiji Shigemasa and Nobuhiro Kosugi

Geometric Optimal Control of Simple Quantum Systems 127
By Dominique Sugny

Density Matrix Equation for a Bathed Small System and itsApplication to Molecular Magnets 213
By D. A. Garanin

A Fractional Langevin Equation Approach to Diffusion MagneticResonance Imaging 279
By Jennie Cooke

Author Index 379

Subject Index 399

Stuart A. Rice received his master′s and doctorate fromHarvard University and was a junior fellow at Harvard for two yearsbefore joining the faculty of The University of Chicago in 1957,where he is currently the Frank P. Hixon Distinguished ServiceProfessor Emeritus.

Aaron R. Dinner received his bachelor′s degree anddoctorate from Harvard University, after which he conductedpostdoctoral research at the University of Oxford and theUniversity of California, Berkeley. He joined the faculty at theUniversity of Chicago in 2003.