Introduction To Nonadiabatic Dynamics

by Hiroki Nakamura

Overview

Nonadiabatic transition is a highly multi-disciplinary concept and phenomenon, constituting a fundamental mechanism of state and phase changes in various dynamical processes of physics, chemistry and biology. This book is intended to be readable to a broad audience so that they can deepen their understanding of the basic concepts of both time-independent and time-dependent nonadiabatic transitions. Quantum mechanically intriguing phenomena such as complete reflection and nonadiabatic tunneling are emphasized. The Zhu-Nakamura theory that can deal with non-negligible classically forbidden transitions is explained. Furthermore, by controlling nonadiabatic transitions induced by an external field such as laser, designing chemical reaction dynamics as we desire is shown to be theoretically possible.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789811203411
Publisher:	World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	10/03/2019
Pages:	396
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.88(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction: What is Nonadiabatic Transition ?; How Multi-Disciplinary the Concept is; State Representation, Coupling and Semiclassical Theory; How Good the Landau-Zener Formula is; How Different Nonadiabatic Tunneling is from the Ordinary Tunneling; Significance of Classically Forbidden Transitions; Intriguing Phenomenon of Complete Reflection; Zhu-Nakamura Theory; Time-Dependent Curve Crossing Problem; How to Treat Multi-Dimensional Nonadiabatic Chemical Dynamics; Clarification of Chemical and Biological Dynamics by the Zhu-Nakamura Theory; Theory of Nonadiabatic Dynamics in an External Field; Control of Chemical Dynamics by an External Field; Concluding Remarks and Future Perspectives; References; Index