Molecular Quantum Dynamics From Theory to Applications

This book focuses on current applications of molecular quantum dynamics. Examples from all main subjects in the field, presented by the internationally renowned experts, illustrate the importance of the domain. Recent success in helping to understand expe

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Fabien Gatti Editor

Molecular Quantum Dynamics From Theory to Applications

Physical Chemistry in Action

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Fabien Gatti Editor

Molecular Quantum Dynamics From Theory to Applications

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Editor Fabien Gatti Institut Charles GERHARDT - CNRS 5253 Université Montpellier 2 Montpellier Cedex France

ISSN 2197-4349 ISSN 2197-4357 (electronic) ISBN 978-3-642-45289-5 ISBN 978-3-642-45290-1 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-45290-1 Springer Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2014931787 © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Foreword

The word dynamics stands for motion as opposed to statics and being quantum and related to molecules implies that in this book the Schrödinger equation in its time-dependent form provides the central framework. In recent decades quantum dynamics has become an enormously diverse and active field of research ranging from entangled photons to biologically relevant response to laser light, covering thereby many, partly new, areas as cold atoms and molecules, Bose– Einstein condensates, atoms and molecules in external fields, coherent control of molecules, ultrafast processes like charge migration and e