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Vibrational-Rotational Excitations in Nonlinear Molecular Systems

Vibrational-Rotational Excitations in Nonlinear Molecular Systems

Ovchinnikov, Alexander A.
Erikhman, Nikolai S.
Pronin, Kirill A.

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ChemistryPhysics

ISBN10: 0306466112
ISBN13: 9780306466113
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Nov 30 2001
Pages: 355
Weight: 1.53
Height: 0.88 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
If there would be no God then what a staff-captain am I? said one of the characters in a novel by Dostoevskii. In a similar way we can exclaim: If there would be no nonlinearity than what physics would that be'?. Really, the most interesting and exciting effects are described by non- linear equations, and vanish in the linear approximation. For example, the general theory of relativity by A.Einstein comes to mind first - one of the most beautiful physical theories, which is in fact essentially nonlinear. Next, the phase transitions crystal liquid and liquid gas are due to the anhar- monicity of inter-particle interactions, to dissociation and infinite motion. Similarly, transitions into the superconducting state or the superftuid would be impossible with purely harmonic interaction potentials. Another bril- liant achievement in nonlinear physics was the construction of a laser and the subsequent development of nonlinear optics. The latter describes the in- teraction of the matter with light of super-high intensity, when multi-quanta intra-molecular transitions become essential. Last, we should note here the very beautiful mathematical theory the theory of catastrophes. Its subject is the study of invariant general properties of multi-dimensional surfaces in the vicinity of bifurcation points with respect to continuous transformations.

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