Chen Jin-quan Chen – författare

This book introduces systematically the eigenfunction method, a new approach to the group representation theory which was developed by the authors in the 1970's and 1980's in accordance with the concept and method used in quantum mechanics. It covers the applications of the group theory in various branches of physics and quantum chemistry, especially nuclear and molecular physics. Extensive tables and computational methods are presented.Group Representation Theory for Physicists may serve as a handbook for researchers doing group theory calculations. It is also a good reference book and textbook for undergraduate and graduate students who intend to use group theory in their future research careers.

The f2-particle coefficients of fractional parentage for the group chain SU(mn) ⊃ SU(m) x SU(n) or U(mn) ⊃ U(m) x U(n), with arbitrary m and n and with as many as possible symmetries, are tabulated for systems with up to six particles and for f2 equal up to three. All the coefficients are in the form of square roots of simple fractions. The algorithm for the CPF as well as the symmetries of the CFP are discussed.