Introduction / 1: |
Classical and quantum mechanical structures / 1.1: |
Historical perspectives / 1.2: |
Scope and organization of the text / 1.3: |
Phase integral approximations / 2: |
The JWKB approximation / 2.1: |
Turning point behaviour / 2.2: |
Uniform approximations / 2.3: |
Higher-order phase integral approximations / 2.4: |
Problems / 2.5: |
Quantization / 3: |
Bohr-Sommerfeld quantization / 3.1: |
Semiclassical connection formulae / 3.2: |
Double minimum potentials and inversion doubling / 3.3: |
Restricted rotation / 3.4: |
Shape resonances or tunnelling predissociation / 3.5: |
Predissociation by curve crossing / 3.6: |
Angle-action variables / 3.7: |
The linear oscillator / 4.1: |
The degenerate harmonic oscillator / 4.2: |
Angular momentum / 4.3: |
The hydrogen atom / 4.4: |
Symmetric and asymmetric tops / 4.5: |
Quantum monodromy / 4.6: |
Matrix elements / 4.7: |
Semiclassical normalization / 5.1: |
Matrix elements and Fourier components: the Heisenberg correspondence / 5.2: |
Franck-Condori and curve-crossing matrix elements / 5.3: |
Matrix elements for non-curve-crossing situations / 5.4: |
Semiclassical inversion methods / 5.5: |
The RKR method / 6.1: |
Inversion of predissociation linewidth and intensity data / 6.2: |
LeRoy-Bernstein extrapolation to dissociation limits / 6.3: |
Inversion of elastic scattering data / 6.4: |
Non-separable bound motion / 6.5: |
Phase space structures / 7.1: |
Einstein-Brillouin-Keller quantization / 7.2: |
Uniform quantization at a resonance / 7.3: |
Fourier representation of the torus / 7.4: |
Classical perturbation theory / 7.5: |
Adiabatic switching / 7.6: |
Periodic orbit quantization / 7.7: |
Wavepackets / 7.8: |
The free-motion Gaussian wavepacket / 8.1: |
Gaussian wavepackets and coherent harmonic oscillator states / 8.2: |
Seeded Gaussian wavefunctions and spectral quantization / 8.3: |
Franck-Condon transitions / 8.4: |
The Herman- Kluk propagator / 8.5: |
Atom-atom scattering / 8.6: |
The classical and quantum mechanical limits / 9.1: |
Rainbow scattering and diffraction oscillations / 9.2: |
The integral cross-section / 9.3: |
Two-state non-adiabatic transitions / 9.4: |
The classical S matrix / 9.5: |
The integral representation / 10.4: |
Stationary phase and uniform approximations / 10.2: |
Classically forbidden events / 10.3: |
Rotational rainbows and higher interference structures / 40.2: |
Condon reflection principles |
Reactive scattering / 10.6: |
Definitions and working identities / 11.1: |
Nearside-farside interpretation of differential cross-sections / 11.2: |
The influence of geometric phase on reactive scattering / 11.3: |
Instanton theory of deep tunnelling / 11.4: |
Phase integral techniques / 11.5: |
The Stokes phenomenon / A.1: |
Isolated turning points / A.2: |
Barrier penetration / A.3: |
Curve crossing / A.4: |
Uniform approximations and diffraction integrals / Appendix B: |
The uniform Airy approximation / B.4: |
Waves and catastrophes / B.2: |
Higher catastrophe-based uniform approximations / B.3: |
Non-generic uniform approximations: Bessel and harmonic approximations |
Transformations in classical and quantum mechanics / Appendix C: |
Classical and semiclassical transformations / C.1: |
Energy-time and angle-action representations / C.2: |
Dynamical transformations and the classical S matrix / C.3: |
The semiclassical Green's function / C.4: |
Angular momentum coupling coefficients / C.5: |
The onset of chaos / Appendix D: |
Breaking the separatrix / D.4: |
Henon map and the separatrix algorithm / D.2: |
Angle-action transformations / Appendix E: |
Harmonic oscillator / E.1: |
Morse oscillator / E.2: |
Degenerate harmonic oscillator / E.3: |
Hydrogen atom / E.4: |
The monodromy matrix / Appendix F: |
Solutions to problems / Appendix G: |
Atom- atom scattering / G.1: |
References / G.10: |
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Introduction / 1: |
Classical and quantum mechanical structures / 1.1: |
Historical perspectives / 1.2: |