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| Preface |
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| Acknowledgments |
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1 Introduction to Rotational, Fine, and Hyperfine Structure of Molecular Radicals |
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1 | (34) |
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1.1 Why Molecules are Complex |
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1 | (2) |
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3 | (14) |
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5 | (5) |
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10 | (4) |
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1.2.3 Rotational and Fine Structure |
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14 | (3) |
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1.3 Rotation of a Molecule |
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17 | (4) |
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21 | (2) |
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1.4.1 Hund's Coupling Case (a) |
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21 | (1) |
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1.4.2 Hund's Coupling Case (b) |
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22 | (1) |
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1.4.3 Hund's Coupling Case (c) |
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23 | (1) |
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1.5 Parity of Molecular States |
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23 | (4) |
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1.6 General Notation for Molecular States |
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27 | (1) |
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1.7 Hyperfine Structure of Molecules |
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28 | (7) |
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1.7.1 Magnetic Interactions with Nuclei |
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28 | (1) |
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1.7.2 Fermi Contact Interaction |
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29 | (1) |
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1.7.3 Long-Range Magnetic Dipole Interaction |
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30 | (1) |
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1.7.4 Electric Quadrupole Hyperfine Interaction |
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31 | (1) |
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31 | (4) |
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35 | (24) |
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2.1 Electric Field Perturbations |
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35 | (2) |
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2.2 Electric Dipole Moment |
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37 | (3) |
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2.3 Linear and Quadratic Stark Shifts |
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40 | (2) |
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2.4 Stark Shifts of Rotational Levels |
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42 | (17) |
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2.4.1 Molecules in 1Σ Electronic State |
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42 | (4) |
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2.4.2 Molecules in a 2Σ Electronic State |
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46 | (2) |
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2.4.3 Molecules in a 3Σ Electronic State |
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48 | (4) |
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2.4.4 Molecules in a 1Π Electronic State -- Δ-Doubling |
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52 | (2) |
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2.4.5 Molecules in a 2Π Electronic State |
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54 | (2) |
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56 | (3) |
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59 | (22) |
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59 | (4) |
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60 | (3) |
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3.2 Zeeman Energy of a Moving Electron |
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63 | (1) |
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3.3 Magnetic Dipole Moment |
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64 | (2) |
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3.4 Zeeman Operator in the Molecule-Fixed Frame |
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66 | (1) |
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3.5 Zeeman Shifts of Rotational Levels |
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67 | (8) |
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3.5.1 Molecules in a 2Σ State |
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67 | (4) |
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3.5.2 Molecules in a 2Π Electronic State |
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71 | (3) |
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74 | (1) |
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3.6 Nuclear Zeeman Effect |
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75 | (6) |
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3.6.1 Zeeman Effect in 1Σ Molecule |
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76 | (2) |
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78 | (3) |
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81 | (40) |
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4.1 Periodic Hamiltonians |
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82 | (2) |
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84 | (8) |
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88 | (1) |
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4.2.2 Time Evolution Operator |
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89 | (1) |
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4.2.3 Brief Summary of Floquet Theory Results |
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90 | (2) |
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4.3 Two-Mode Floquet Theory |
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92 | (2) |
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4.4 Rotating Wave Approximation |
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94 | (2) |
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4.5 Dynamic Dipole Polarizability |
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96 | (8) |
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4.5.1 Polarizability Tensor |
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97 | (2) |
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4.5.2 Dipole Polarizability of a Diatomic Molecule |
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99 | (2) |
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4.5.3 Rotational vs Vibrational vs Electronic Polarizability |
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101 | (3) |
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4.6 Molecules in an Off-Resonant Laser Field |
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104 | (3) |
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4.7 Molecules in a Microwave Field |
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107 | (2) |
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4.8 Molecules in a Quantized Field |
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109 | (12) |
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109 | (7) |
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4.8.2 Interaction of Molecules with Quantized Field |
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116 | (1) |
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4.8.3 Quantized Field vs Floquet Theory |
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117 | (1) |
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118 | (3) |
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5 Molecular Rotations Under Control |
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121 | (24) |
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5.1 Orientation and Alignment |
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122 | (14) |
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5.1.1 Orienting Molecular Axis in Laboratory Frame |
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123 | (3) |
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126 | (3) |
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5.1.3 Pendular States of Molecules |
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129 | (2) |
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5.1.4 Alignment of Molecules by Intense Laser Fields |
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131 | (5) |
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136 | (4) |
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5.3 Orienting Molecules Matters -- Which Side Chemistry |
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140 | (2) |
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142 | (3) |
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142 | (3) |
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145 | (30) |
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6.1 Deflection and Focusing of Molecular Beams |
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146 | (5) |
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6.2 Electric (and Magnetic) Slowing of Molecular Beams |
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151 | (4) |
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155 | (3) |
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158 | (4) |
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162 | (3) |
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165 | (2) |
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167 | (1) |
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168 | (3) |
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6.9 Some Applications of External Field Traps |
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171 | (4) |
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173 | (2) |
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7 Molecules in Superimposed Fields |
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175 | (12) |
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7.1 Effects of Combined DC Electric and Magnetic Fields |
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175 | (6) |
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7.1.1 Linear Stark Effect at Low Fields |
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175 | (3) |
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7.1.2 Imaging of Radio-Frequency Fields |
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178 | (3) |
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7.2 Effects of Combined DC and AC Electric Fields |
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181 | (6) |
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7.2.1 Enhancement of Orientation by Laser Fields |
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181 | (1) |
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7.2.2 Tug of War Between DC and Microwave Fields |
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182 | (5) |
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8 Molecular Collisions in External Fields |
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187 | (30) |
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8.1 Coupled-Channel Theory of Molecular Collisions |
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188 | (20) |
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8.1.1 A Very General Formulation |
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188 | (3) |
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8.1.2 Boundary Conditions |
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191 | (3) |
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8.1.3 Scattering Amplitude |
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194 | (3) |
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8.1.4 Scattering Cross Section |
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197 | (3) |
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8.1.5 Scattering of Identical Molecules |
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200 | (4) |
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8.1.6 Numerical Integration of Coupled-Channel Equations |
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204 | (4) |
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8.2 Interactions with External Fields |
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208 | (3) |
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8.2.1 Coupled-Channel Equations in Arbitrary Basis |
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208 | (1) |
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8.2.2 External Field Couplings |
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209 | (2) |
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8.3 The Arthurs--Dalgarno Representation |
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211 | (3) |
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214 | (3) |
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9 Matrix Elements of Collision Hamiltonians |
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217 | (22) |
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9.1 Wigner--Eckart Theorem |
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218 | (2) |
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9.2 Spherical Tensor Contraction |
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220 | (1) |
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9.3 Collisions in a Magnetic Field |
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221 | (8) |
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9.3.1 Collisions of 1S-Atoms with 2Σ-Molecules |
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221 | (4) |
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9.3.2 Collisions of 1S-Atoms with 3Σ-Molecules |
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225 | (4) |
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9.4 Collisions in an Electric Field |
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229 | (3) |
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9.4.1 Collisions of 2Π Molecules with 1S Atoms |
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229 | (3) |
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9.5 Atom-Molecule Collisions in a Microwave Field |
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232 | (2) |
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9.6 Total Angular Momentum Representation for Collisions in Fields |
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234 | (5) |
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10 Field-Induced Scattering Resonances |
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239 | (18) |
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10.1 Feshbach vs Shape Resonances |
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239 | (3) |
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10.2 The Green's Operator in Scattering Theory |
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242 | (1) |
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10.3 Feshbach Projection Operators |
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243 | (3) |
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246 | (3) |
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10.5 Calculation of Resonance Locations and Widths |
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249 | (3) |
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10.5.1 Single Open Channel |
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249 | (1) |
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10.5.2 Multiple Open Channels |
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249 | (3) |
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10.6 Locating Field-Induced Resonances |
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252 | (5) |
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11 Field Control of Molecular Collisions |
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257 | (26) |
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11.1 Why to Control Molecular Collisions |
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257 | (2) |
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11.2 Molecular Collisions are Difficult to Control |
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259 | (2) |
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11.3 General Mechanisms for External Field Control |
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261 | (1) |
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261 | (3) |
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11.5 Zeeman and Stark Relaxation at Zero Collision Energy |
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264 | (5) |
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11.6 Effect of Parity Breaking in Combined Fields |
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269 | (2) |
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11.7 Differential Scattering in Electromagnetic Fields |
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271 | (1) |
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11.8 Collisions in Restricted Geometries |
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272 | (11) |
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11.8.1 Threshold Scattering of Molecules in Two Dimensions |
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276 | (4) |
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11.8.2 Collisions in a Quasi-Two-Dimensional Geometry |
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280 | (3) |
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12 Ultracold Controlled Chemistry |
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283 | (14) |
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12.1 Can Chemistry Happen at Zero Kelvin? |
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284 | (3) |
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12.2 Ultracold Stereodynamics |
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287 | (2) |
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12.3 Molecular Beams Under Control |
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289 | (1) |
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12.4 Reactions in Magnetic Traps |
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289 | (2) |
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12.5 Ultracold Chemistry -- The Why and What's Next? |
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291 | (6) |
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12.5.1 Practical Importance of Ultracold Chemistry? |
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291 | (2) |
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12.5.2 Fundamental Importance of Ultracold Controlled Chemistry |
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293 | (1) |
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294 | (3) |
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A Unit Conversion Factors |
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297 | (2) |
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B Addition of Angular Momenta |
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299 | (8) |
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B.1 The Clebsch-Gordan Coefficients |
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301 | (2) |
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B.2 The Wigner 3j-Symbols |
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303 | (1) |
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B.3 The Raising and Lowering Operators |
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304 | (3) |
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C Direction Cosine Matrix |
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307 | (2) |
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309 | (6) |
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D.1 Matrix Elements Involving D-Functions |
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311 | (4) |
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315 | (6) |
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E.1 Scalar and Vector Products of Vectors in Spherical Basis |
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317 | (1) |
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E.2 Scalar and Tensor Products of Spherical Tensors |
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318 | (3) |
| References |
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321 | (26) |
| Index |
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