Quantum Molecular Dynamics

Molecular Collisions and Gaseous Kinetics covers elastic collisions, inelastic collisions leading to energy transfer and electronic transitions, reactive collisions, and photoinduced dynamics. Collisions with surfaces, thermal rates of those phenomena, as well as transport and relaxation phenomena mediated by molecular collisions are also discussed. A final chapter on many-atom scattering theory serves as an introduction to more advanced descriptions. The treatment is based on the quantal theory of scattering and its semiclassical limits, introduces realistic intermolecular forces, and includes computational aspects needed to calculate cross-sections and compare them with experimental data. It is motivated by a need to cover these subjects starting from the electronic structure and atomic conformation of molecules. The chapters provide an introduction to experimental methods where appropriate, and connect theory to applications for specific physical systems to obtain results that can be compared to experimental data.

David A. Micha is a Professor of Chemistry and Physics at the University of Florida. His many research interests include intermolecular forces, collisional energy transfer, electron transfer, photoinduced dynamics, reactions in gas phase collisions, energy and electron transfer, and photodynamics at solid surfaces. Dr. Micha has also been co-organizer of the "Sanibel Symposium on Theory and Computation for the Molecular and Materials Sciences" at the University of Florida since 1985. He is a co-editor of several science books, and author of numerous science publications. He has been the organizer of several Pan-American Workshops on Molecular and Materials Sciences.