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1、WordstothereaderabouthowtousethistextbookI.WhatThisBookDoesandDoesNotContainThistextisintendedforusebybeginninggraduatestudentsandadvancedupperdivisionundergraduatestudentsinallareasofchemistry.Itprovides:(i)Anintroductiontothefundamentalsofquantummechanicsasthe
2、yapplytochemistry,(ii)Materialthatprovidesbriefintroductionstothesubjectsofmolecularspectroscopyandchemicaldynamics,(iii)Anintroductiontocomputationalchemistryappliedtothetreatmentofelectronicstructuresofatoms,molecules,radicals,andions,(iv)Alargenumberofexercis
3、es,problems,anddetailedsolutions.Itdoesnotprovidemuchhistoricalperspectiveonthedevelopmentofquantummechanics.Subjectssuchasthephotoelectriceffect,black-bodyradiation,thedualnatureofelectronsandphotons,andtheDavissonandGermerexperimentsarenotevendiscussed.Toprovi
4、deatextthatstudentscanusetogainintroductorylevelknowledgeofquantummechanicsasappliedtochemistryproblems,suchanon-historicalapproachhadtobefollowed.Thistextimmediatelyexposesthereadertothemachineryofquantummechanics.Sections1and2(i.e.,Chapters1-7),togetherwithApp
5、endicesA,B,CandE,couldconstituteaone-semestercourseformostfirst-yearPh.D.programsintheU.S.A.Section3(Chapters8-12)andselectedmaterialfromotherappendicesorselectionsfromSection6wouldbeappropriateforasecond-quarterorsecond-semestercourse.Chapters13-15ofSections4an
6、d5wouldbeofuseforprovidingalinktoaone-quarterorone-semesterclasscoveringmolecularspectroscopy.Chapter16ofSection5providesabriefintroductiontochemicaldynamicsthatcouldbeusedatthebeginningofaclassonthissubject.Therearemanyquantumchemistryandquantummechanicstextboo
7、ksthatcovermaterialsimilartothatcontainedinSections1and2;infact,ourtreatmentofthismaterialisgenerallybrieferandlessdetailedthanonefindsin,forexample,QuantumChemistry,H.Eyring,J.Walter,andG.E.Kimball,J.WileyandSons,NewYork,N.Y.(1947),QuantumChemistry,D.A.McQuarri
8、e,UniversityScienceBooks,MillValley,Ca.(1983),MolecularQuantumMechanics,P.W.Atkins,OxfordUniv.Press,Oxford,England(1983),orQuantumChemistry,I.N.Levine,PrenticeHall,En