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Collisional time correlation function approach to the interaction of light with a polyatomic system
Author(s) -
Srivastava Deepak,
Micha David A.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
international journal of quantum chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.484
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1097-461X
pISSN - 0020-7608
DOI - 10.1002/qua.560320725
Subject(s) - polyatomic ion , correlation function (quantum field theory) , photon , resonance (particle physics) , light scattering , light field , scattering , function (biology) , field (mathematics) , molecule , physics , atomic physics , chemistry , quantum mechanics , optics , mathematics , evolutionary biology , dielectric , biology , pure mathematics
The interaction of light with a polyatomic system is treated as a photon‐scattering process in terms of time‐correlation functions of transition operators. These are written as products of factors referring only to the molecule or the light field, so that the statistical properties of the polyatomic system and the light source can be easily incorporated. This procedure is developed for resonance absorption‐emission and scattering of both thermal and coherent light.