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Written to be the definitive text on the rotational spectroscopy of diatomic molecules, this book develops the theory behind the energy levels of diatomic molecules and then summarises the many experimental methods used to study their spectra in the gaseous state. After a general introduction, the methods used to separate nuclear and electronic motions are described. Brown and Carrington then show how the fundamental Dirac and Breit equations may be developed to provide comprehensive descriptions of the kinetic and potential energy terms which govern the behaviour of the electrons. One chapter is devoted solely to angular momentum theory and another describes the development of the so-called effective Hamiltonians used to analyse and understand the experimental spectra of diatomic molecules. The remainder of the book concentrates on experimental methods. This book will be of interest to graduate students and researchers interested in the rotational spectroscopy of diatomic molecules.

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'... the authors are to be congratulated on producing an updates, valuable and comprehensive review of the field.' ChemPhysChem Rotational Spectroscopy of Diatomic Molecules is carefully written and well produced. Physics Today Rotational Spectroscopy of Diatomic Molecules is a detailed, wideranging presentation of all kinds of spectra within a given electronic-vibrational state of a diatomic molecule. All serious spectroscopists should have a copy and the book's price is reasonable. Besides, its sheer mass could be used to deter intruders. Physics Today

'... the authors are to be congratulated on producing an updates, valuable and comprehensive review of the field.' ChemPhysChem

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Professor of Chemistry in the Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory at the University of Oxford. Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at the University of Southampton.

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