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| Introduction | |
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| Waves, Particles, and Units | |
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| The Electromagnetic Spectrum | |
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| Interaction of Radiation with Matter | |
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| Blackbody Radiation | |
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| Einstein A and B Coefficients | |
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| Absorption and Emission of Radiation | |
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| Beer's Law | |
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| Lineshape Functions | |
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| Natural Lifetime Broadening | |
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| Pressure Broadening | |
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| Doppler Broadening | |
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| Transit-Time Broadening | |
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| Power Broadening | |
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| Molecular Symmetry | |
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| Symmetry Operations | |
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| Operator Algebra | |
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| Symmetry Operator Algebra | |
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| Groups | |
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| Point Groups | |
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| Classes | |
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| Subgroups | |
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| Notation for Point Groups | |
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| Matrix Representation of Groups | |
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| Vectors and Matrices | |
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| Matrix Eigenvalue Problem | |
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| Similarity Transformations | |
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| Symmetry Operations and Position Vectors | |
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| Reflection | |
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| Rotation | |
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| Inversion | |
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| Rotation-Reflection | |
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| Identity | |
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| Symmetry Operators and Basis Vectors | |
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| Symmetry Operators and Basis Functions | |
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| Function Spaces | |
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| Gram-Schmidt Procedure | |
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| Transformation Operators | |
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| Equivalent, Reducible, and Irreducible Representations | |
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| Equivalent Representations | |
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| Unitary Representations | |
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| Reducible and Irreducible Representations | |
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| Great Orthogonality Theorem | |
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| Characters | |
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| Character Tables | |
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| Mulliken Notation | |
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| Quantum Mechanics and Group Theory | |
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| Matrix Representation of the Schrodinger Equation | |
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| Born-Oppenheimer Approximation | |
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| Symmetry of the Hamiltonian Operator | |
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| Projection Operators | |
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| Direct Product Representations | |
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| Integrals and Selection Rules | |
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| Atomic Spectroscopy | |
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| Background | |
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| Angular Momentum | |
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| The Hydrogen Atom and One-Electron Spectra | |
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| Vector Model | |
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| Spin-Orbit Coupling | |
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| Many-Electron Atoms | |
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| Selection Rules | |
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| Atomic Spectra | |
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| Hyperfine Structure | |
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| Hydrogen Atom | |
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| Intensity of Atomic Lines | |
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| Zeeman Effect | |
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| Paschen-Back Effect | |
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| Stark Effect | |
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| Rotational Spectroscopy | |
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| Rotation of Rigid Bodies | |
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| Diatomic and Linear Molecules | |
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| Selection Rules | |
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| Centrifugal Distortion | |
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| Vibrational Angular Momentum | |
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| Line Intensities for Diatomic and Linear Molecules | |
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| Symmetric Tops | |
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| Molecule and Space-Fixed Angular Momenta | |
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| Rotational Spectra | |
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| Centrifugal Distortion | |
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| Line Intensity | |
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| Asymmetric Tops | |
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| Selection Rules | |
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| Line Intensity | |
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| Structure Determination | |
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| Vibrational Spectroscopy | |
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| Diatomic Molecules | |
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| Wavefunctions for Harmonic and Anharmonic Oscillators | |
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| Vibrational Selection Rules for Diatomics | |
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| Dissociation Energies from Spectroscopic Data | |
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| Vibration-Rotation Transitions of Diatomics | |
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| Combination Differences | |
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| Vibrational Motion of Polyatomic Molecules | |
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| Classical Mechanical Description | |
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| Quantum Mechanical Description | |
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| Internal Coordinates | |
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| Symmetry Coordinates | |
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| Symmetry of Normal Modes | |
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| Selection Rules for Vibrational Transitions | |
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| Vibration-Rotation Transitions of Linear Molecules | |
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| Nuclear Spin Statistics | |
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| Excited Vibrational States of Linear Molecules | |
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| Vibrational Spectra of Symmetric Tops | |
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| Coriolis Interactions in Molecules | |
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| Infrared Transitions of Spherical Tops | |
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| Vibrational Spectra of Asymmetric Tops | |
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| Vibration-Rotation Line Intensities | |
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| Line Intensity Calculations | |
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| Fermi and Coriolis Perturbations | |
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| Inversion Doubling and Fluxional Behavior | |
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| Light Scattering and the Raman Effect | |
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| Background | |
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| Classical Model | |
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| Quantum Model | |
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| Polarization | |
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| Rotational Raman Effect | |
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| Diatomic Molecules | |
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| Vibration-Rotation Raman Spectroscopy | |
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| Diatomic Molecules | |
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| Rayleigh and Raman Intensities | |
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| Classical Theory | |
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| Vibrational Intensity Calculations | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Electronic Spectroscopy of Diatomics | |
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| Orbitals and States | |
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| Vibrational Structure | |
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| Rotational Structure of Diatomic Molecules | |
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| Singlet-Singlet Transitions | |
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| Nonsinglet Transitions | |
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| The Symmetry of Diatomic Energy Levels: Parity | |
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| Total (+/-) Parity | |
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| Rotationless (e/f) Parity | |
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| Gerade/Ungerade (g/u) Parity | |
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| Symmetric/Antisymmetric (s/a) Parity | |
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| Rotational Line Intensities | |
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| Dissociation, Photodissociation, and Predissociation | |
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| Electronic Spectroscopy of Polyatomics | |
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| Orbitals and States | |
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| Walsh's Rules: Qualitative Molecular Orbital Theory | |
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| Huckel Molecular Orbital Theory | |
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| Vibrational Structure of Electronic Transitions | |
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| Vibronic Coupling: The Herzberg-Teller Effect | |
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| Jahn-Teller Effect | |
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| Renner-Teller Effect | |
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| Nonradiative Transitions: Jablonski Diagram | |
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| Photoelectron Spectroscopy | |
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| Rotational Structure: H[subscript 2]CO and HCN | |
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| Intensity of Transitions | |
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| Units, Conversions, and Physical Constants | |
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| Character Tables | |
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| Direct Product Tables | |
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| Introductory Textbooks | |
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| Figure Acknowledgments | |
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| Index | |