Title:	MOLECULES ROTATING IN ELECTRIC FIELDS BY QUANTUM AND SEMI-QUANTUM MECHANICS
Authors:	Kennerly, William W.
Keywords:	quantum mechanics rotation rotors laser electric field semiclassical semiquantum monodromy nearest neighbor NNS NNSD Husimi periodic orbit symplectic orientation alignment pulsed laser
Issue Date:	27-Jul-2005
Abstract:	The quantum and semi-quantum mechanics of rigid molecules rotating in static electric and intense nonresonant laser fields have been studied. Basic quantum features including energy level correlation diagrams, eigenfunctions, alignment, orientation, and time-dependent wave functions propagated under pulsed fields are calculated. Energy level nearest neighbor spacing disributions are the primary semi-quantum approach, but Husimi distributions, periodic orbits, and monodromy diagrams are also investigated. We have elucidated these facets of the quantum-classical correspondence in this important rotational model, which is classically nonscaling with mixed phase space.
Description:	My academic committee consisted of Greg Ezra (advisor), Ben Widom, and Paul Houston, all in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology.
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/1813/2108
Appears in Collections:	Theses and Dissertations (OPEN)

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