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Levine, Raphael David was born on March 29, 1938 in Alexandria, Egypt. Son of Chaim S. and Sofia (Greenberg) Levine. brought to the United States, 1939.
(Lasers and chemical change is the study of radiation and ...)
Lasers and chemical change is the study of radiation and molecules in dis equilibrium. The distinguishing feature of such systems is the extreme de parture from thermal equilibrium: the radiation is usually confined to a narrow frequency range, is well coll imated, and is far brighter than black body radiation; the chemical composition and also the distribution of mole cules over their different energy states are often markedly displaced from that expected at equilibrium. Such systems can be used as a source of laser radiation and, reversedly, lasers can rapidly and selectively displace mole cular systems from equilibrium. The subsequent evolution of the initially prepared state can then be monitored - again using lasers. One purpose of this book is to introduce the concepts required to d- cuss systems of radiation and molecules in disequilibrium. These include the physics of (laser) radiation and of radiation-matter interaction and molecular structure and spectroscopy. Excellent textbooks of these topics are available and our survey (in Chap. 3) is only intended to accent the es sential points, with special reference to atomic and molecular radiation physics. Considerably more attention is given to the topic of disequilibrium in chemical systems (Chap. 2). In particular we consider both inter- and intra molecular dynamics with special reference to energy requirements and energy disposal in chemical reactions and to what goes on in between - intramole cular energy migration.
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Levine, Raphael David was born on March 29, 1938 in Alexandria, Egypt. Son of Chaim S. and Sofia (Greenberg) Levine. brought to the United States, 1939.
Master of Science, Hebrew U., Jerusalem, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy, Nottingham (England) University, 1964; Doctor of Philosophy, Oxford (England) University, 1966; Doctor of Philosophy honoris causa, U. Liege, Belgium, 1991; Doctor of Philosophy honoris causa, Technology U., Munich, Germany, 1996.
Visiting assistant professor, University of Wisconsin, 1966-1968;
professor theoretical chemistry, Hebrew U., Jerusalem, since 1969;
chairman research center molecular dynamics, Hebrew U., Jerusalem, since 1981;
Max Born professor natural philosophy, Hebrew U., Jerusalem, since 1985. Battelle professor of chemistry and mathematics Ohio State University, Columbus, 1970-1974. Brittingham visiting professor University of Wisconsin, 1973.
Adjunct Professor University Texas, Austin, 1974-1980, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1980-1988, University of California at Los Angeles, since 1989. Arthur D. Little lecturer Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1978. Miller research professor University of California, Berkeley, 1989, A.D. White professor at large Cornell Univercity, since 1989.
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Served with Army of the United States, 1960-1962. Fellow American Physical Society. Member Israel Chemical Society, Israel Academy Sciences, Max Planck Society (foreign member), Academia Europaea (foreign), American Academy Arts and Sciences (foreign honorary member), American Philosophical Society (foreign), Royal Danish Academy Sciences and Letters (foreign).
Married Gillah T. Ephraty, June 13, 1962. 1 child, Ornah T.