Advances in Chemical Physics, Volume 125

Advances in Chemical Physics covers recent advances at the cutting edge of research relative to chemical physics. The series, Advances in Chemical Physics, provides a forum for critical, authoritative evaluations of advances in every area of the discipline.

Finite-Size Scaling for Atomic and Molecular Systems 1
By Sabre Kais and Pablo Serra

A Discussion of some Problems Associated with the Quantum Mechanical Treatment of Open-Shell Molecules 101
By John F. Stanton and Jurgen Gauss

Control of Quantum Dynamics by Laser Pulses: Adiabatic Floquet Theory 147
By S. Guerin and H. R. Jauslin

Recent Advances in the Theory of Vibration-Rotation Hamiltonians 269
By Janne Pesonen and Lauri Halonen

Proton Transfer and Coherent Phenomena in Molecular Structures with Hydrogen Bonds 351
By V. V. Krasnoholovets, P. M. Tomchuk, and S. P. Lukyanets

Author Index 549

Subject Index 567

ILYA PRIGOGINE is Director of the Instituts Internationaux de Physique et de Chimie, E. Solvay, Brussels, Belgium. Dr. Prigogine is also the Ashbel Smith Professor of Physics at The University of Texas at Austin, where he is also Director of the Ilya Prigogine Center for Studies in Statistical Mechanics and Complex Systems. In 1977 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

STUART A. RICE received his master's and doctorate from Harvard University and was a Junior Fellow at Harvard for two years before joining the faculty of The University of Chicago in 1957 where he remains a well-known theoretical chemist who also does experimental research and is currently the Frank P. Hixon Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus at The University of Chicago. Professor Rice has served the university in a wide variety of capacities during his forty-eight year tenure. He served as the director of the James Franck Institute (the university's center for physical chemistry and condensed matter physics) from 1961 to 1967, was Chairman of the Department of Chemistry from 1971 to 1976 and was Dean of the Physical Sciences Division from 1981 to 1995. In 1999 he received the National Medal of Science.
In addition to his work at the University, he is currently on the Board of Governors at Argonne National Laboratory, managed by and affiliated with The University of Chicago, as well as Tel Aviv University. He has served as editor for Chemical Physics Letters, in addition to the series on Advances in Chemical Physics. He currently maintains a full research lab but has retired from teaching classes.

The latest edition of the leading forum in chemical physics

Edited by Nobel Prize winner Ilya Prigogine and renowned authority Stuart A. Rice, the Advances in Chemical Physics series provides a forum for critical, authoritative evaluations in every area of the discipline. In a format that encourages the expression of individual points of view, experts in the field present comprehensive analyses of subjects of interest. Volume 125 covers a wide range of subjects, with significant, up-to-date chapters by internationally recognized researchers. The editors collect innovative papers on "Finite Size Scaling for Atomic and Molecular Systems," "Control of Quantum Dynamics by Laser Pulses-Adiabatic Floquet Theory," "Recent Advances in the Theory of Vibration-Rotation Hamiltonians," and several other related topics. Advances in Chemical Physics remains the premier venue for presentations of new findings in its field.