Group theory with applications in chemical physics / P.W.M. Jacobs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jacobs, P. W. M. (Patrick W. M.), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chemistry--Mathematics.

Chemistry.

Group theory.

Mathematical physics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 485 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Group Theory is an indispensable mathematical tool in many branches of chemistry and physics. This book provides a self-contained and rigorous account on the fundamentals and applications of the subject to chemical physics, assuming no prior knowledge of group theory. The first half of the book focuses on elementary topics, such as molecular and crystal symmetry, whilst the latter half is more advanced in nature. Discussions on more complex material such as space groups, projective representations, magnetic crystals and spinor bases, often omitted from introductory texts, are expertly dealt with. With the inclusion of numerous exercises and worked examples, this book will appeal to advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students studying physical sciences and is an ideal text for use on a two-semester course.

Contents:

The elementary properties of groups

Symmetry operators and point groups

Matrix representations

Group representations

Bases of representations

Molecular orbitals

Crystal field theory

Double groups

Molecular vibrations

Transitions between electronic states

The rotation group

Projective representations

Time-reversal symmetry

The crystallographic magnetic point groups

Macroscopic properties of crystals

Space groups

Electronic energy states in crystals

The vibration of atoms in crystals.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-14256-3

0-511-13066-X

1-139-13003-X

0-511-20030-7

0-511-53539-2

0-511-12913-0

OCLC:

144683889