TEXT BOOK MOLECULAR SPECTRA and MOLECULAR STRUCTURE I. SPECTRA OF
DIATOMIC MOLECULES BY GERHARD HERZBERG, F. R. S. National Research
Council of Canada With the co-operation, in the first edition, of
J. W. T. SPINKS, F. R. S. C. SECOND EDITION, -EIGHTH PRINTING D.
VAN NOSTRAND COMPANY, INC. PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY TORONTO LONDON NEW
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Hollinger Road, Toronto 16, Canada Copyright 1950 BY D. VAN
MOSTRAND COMPANY, INC. Published simultaneously in Canada by D. VAN
NOSTRAND COMPANY Canada, LTD. First Edition Copyright 1939 by
Prentice-Hall, Inc. No reproduction in any form of this book, in
whole or in part except for brief quotation in critical articles or
reviews, may be made without written authorization from the
publishers. First Published May 1950 Reprinted February 1951,
November 1953 November 1955, February 1957, August 1959, December
1961, February 1963 PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Dedicated to the Memory oi WALTER CHARLES MURRAY First President of
the University of Saskatchewan PREFACE Eleven years ago I published
a volume entitled Molecular Spectra and Molecular Structure I.
Diatomic Molecules which was followed in 1945 by a second volume
Infrared and Raman Spectra of Polyatomic Molecules. The first
volume has been out of print for a number of years but the demand
for it seemed to justify a new edition. Although the book has been
completely revised and brought up to date, its general plan has
remained substantially unchanged.Concerning this plan it seems
therefore appropriate to quote from the preface of the first
edition I have endeavored to give a presentation which is readable
by the beginner in the field and also will be useful to those who
do or want to do research work in this field. In order to assist
the former, I have frequently made use of small type for those
sections that are not necessary for an understanding of the
fundamentals. For the benefit of those working in the field,
numerous references to original papers have been included. A
satisfactory presentation of molecular spectra and molecular
structure is nowadays not possible without treating thoroughly,
apart from the empirical results, the theoretical background also.
Therefore I have included as much of the theory of molecular
spectra as is possible without going into the more difficult
mathematical details. A large number of diagrams, graphical repre
sentations of eigenfunctions and potential curves, as well as
energy level dia grams, serve to illustrate and to explain the
theory. On the other hand, I have added numerous carefully selected
spectrograms of bands and band systems some of which have been
taken specially for this purpose in order to give an accurate idea
of tho experimental material that forms the basis of the
developments. While of course most of the material presented is not
new, it seems that the actual procedure followed in analyzing a
band spectrum has not previously been given as specifically in a
book of this kind. The same holds for the ap plications of band
spectra to other parts of physics, to chemistry, and to astro
physics given in the last chapter. I hope that both these features
will be found useful. In theeleven years since the publication of
the first edition the subject Spectra of Diatomic Molecules has
developed vigorously even though not as rapidly as in the preceding
two decades. Most of the progress made has been consolidation and
slow evolution rather than revolution. Exceptions to this statement
are the amazing advances made by applying the new tools of
molecular beams and microwaves to diatomic molecular problems. vi
PREFACE Naturally I have incorporated these advances of recent
years in the present new edition...
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