Rayer Pressure Broadening of Spectral Lines

The Theory of Line Shape in Atmospheric Physics
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-1-108-85458-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 0 Seiten

Presenting the quantum mechanical theory of pressure broadening and its application in atmospheric science, this is a unique treatment of the topic and a useful resource for researchers and professionals alike. Rayer proceeds from molecular processes to broad scale atmospheric physics to bring together both sides of the problem of remote sensing. Explanations of the relationship between a series of increasingly general theoretical papers are provided and all key expressions are fully derived to provide a firm understanding of assumptions made as the subject evolved. This book will help the atmospheric physicist to cross into the quantum world and appreciate the more theoretical aspects of line shape and its importance to their own work.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rayer, Peter Joseph

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Umweltphysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Atom- und Molekülphysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Chemische Physik
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Meteorologie, Klimatologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; Part I. Preparing the Way: 1. Introduction; 2. Fundamental ideas; 3. Molecules at work; Part II. Broadening Theory: 4. Isolated lines; 5. Overlapping lines; 6. Liouville formalism; Part III. Atmospheric Spectra: 7. Line shape theory; 8. Absorption by gases; Part IV. The Background: Selection of Material: Appendix 1. State space; Appendix 2. Product space; Appendix 3. Projectors; Appendix 4. Vector operators; Appendix 5. Quantum dynamics; Appendix 6. Scattering theory; Appendix 7. Resolvent methods; Appendix 8. Linear response; Appendix 9. Correlation function; Appendix 10. Complex time; Appendix 11. Absorption; Appendix 12. Multipole moments; Appendix 13. Angular momentum; Appendix 14. The Wigner–Eckart theorem; Appendix 15. Reduced amplitudes; Appendix 16. Units and other matters; Appendix 17. Plasma spectra – pointers; Notes; References; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Rayer, Peter Joseph
Peter Rayer has thirty years of experience as a scientist with the Met Office in the UK. He has undertaken extensive research in modelling atmospheric radiative transfer and has developed a particular interest in fundamental processes at the molecular level.