Front Cover; Experimental Quantum Chemistry; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Symbols; CHAPTER ONE. Basic Quantum Theory; 1.1 Basic Experiments; 1.2 Energy; 1.3 Momenta; 1.4 Dipole Radiation; 1.5 The Formal Structure of Quantum Theory; References to Chapter 1; Selected Literature to Chapter 1; CHAPTER TWO. The Photon; 2.1 The Spectrum of Electromagnetic Waves; 2.2 Photon Sources; 2.3 The Interaction of Radiation with Atoms and Molecules; 2.4 Photoelectron Spectroscopy; Reference to Chapter 2; Selected Literature to Chapter 2; CHAPTER THREE. Electrons and Positrons

3.1 The Dirac Theory3.2 Electron Spin Resonance; 3.3 The Chemistry of the Electron; 3.4 Positron and Positronium Chemistry; References to Chapter 3; Selected Literature to Chapter 3; CHAPTER FOUR. Atoms and Ions; 4.1 Hydrogen-like Orbitals; 4.2 The Multi-electron Atom; 4.3 The Spin-orbit Coupling; 4.4 Transition Probabilities; 4.5 Experimental Study of Atoms and Ions; References to Chapter 4; Selected Literature to Chapter 4; CHAPTER FIVE. Nuclei; 5.1 The Structure of Nuclei; 5.2 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance; 5.3 Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance; 5.4 Mössbauer Spectroscopy; References to Chapter 5

Selected Literature to Chapter 5CHAPTER SIX. Molecules; 6.1 Molecular Rotation and Vibration; 6.2 Experimental Observation of Rotational Vibration Spectra; 6.3 The Electronic Structure of Molecules; 6.4 Characterization of Molecular Properties by the LCAO-MO Method; 6.5 Molecular Diamagnetism. High Resolution Nuclear Magnetic Resonance; 6.6 Experimental Ways of Determining Molecular Parameters; References to Chapter 6; Selected Literature to Chapter 6; CHAPTER SEVEN. Free Radicals; 7.1 The Quantum Theory of Free Radicals; 7.2 Practical Methods of Measuring ESR Spectra of Free Radicals

7.3 Aliphatic Radicals7.4 Aromatic Radicals; 7.5 Reactions of Free Radicals; References to Chapter 7; Selected Literature to Chapter 7; CHAPTER EIGHT. Organic Solid State; 8.1 Structure and Molecular Mobilities of Organic Solids; 8.2 Collective Crystal States: Excitons, Phonons and Polaritons; 8.3 Energy Transfer Processes; 8.4 Reactions in the Solid State; References to Chapter 8; Selected Literature to Chapter 8; Appendix: Main Definitions of Matrix Algebra; Author Index; Subject Index