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An innovative approach to elliptic regularity, pushing forward important ideas in the area and tackling fundamental models in the theory. The book collects the basics of the field and seamlessly transitions to advanced, refined techniques in the context of genuinely challenging problems, providing a unifying perspective on the topic.
List of contents
Preface; Part I. The Classical World: 1. Introduction; 2. Classical electromagnetism; 3. Dynamics of charges and the electromagnetic field; 4. The classical free electromagnetic field. Part II. Quantum Theory: 5. The quantum mechanical formalism; 6. Perturbation methods; 7. Quantisation of the electromagnetic field; 8. The Coulomb Hamiltonian. Part III. Non-relativistic Quantum Electrodynamics: 9. The quantisation of electrodynamics; 10. Quantum electrodynamics and perturbation theory; 11. Quantum electrodynamics beyond perturbation theory; 12. Quantum electrodynamics and molecular structure; Appendices; Index.
About the author
R. Guy Woolley is Emeritus Professor of Chemical Physics at Nottingham Trent University. In 1978 he was awarded the Royal Society of Chemistry Marlow Medal, and he was elected Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1995 'for fundamental advances in the proper description of molecules and their interaction with radiation'. He is responsible for the development of the Power-Zienau-Woolley transformation, one of the most widely used methods in molecular quantum electrodynamics.
Summary
A comprehensive account of molecular quantum electrodynamics from the perspectives of physics and theoretical chemistry. This book is an ideal reference for graduate students and researchers in chemical and molecular physics, quantum chemistry, and theoretical chemistry.
