Molecules In Electromagnetic Fields: From Ultracold Physics To Controlled Chemistry

This book systematically discusses the effects of static electric and magnetic and laser fields on the rotational, fine, and hyperfine structure of molecules and on interactions of molecules at sub-Kelvin temperatures. The theories of molecular interactions in the presence of external fields have been developed only recently, in order to address the experimental work with ultracold molecules. This text gives the first comprehensive discussion on intermolecular interactions in external fields.

Topics of discussion in this book include: rotational, fine and hyperfine structure of molecular radicals; 1Sigma diatomic molecules; 2Sigma and 3 Sigma molecules; 2Pi molecules; external field traps for ultracold molecules; interactions of ultracold molecules; Feshbach resonances in molecular scattering; molecular collisions in dc fields; molecular collisions in reduced geometries.

Roman V. Krems is a professor of theoretical chemistry and distinguished university scholar at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. His current research focuses on understanding the effects of electromagnetic fields on dynamics of few- and many-body molecular systems, the interaction properties of molecules at extremely low temperatures, and applications of machine learning to molecular physics.