Corrections to my Ph.D. thesis . All page numbers below are counted from the cover page (hence they are NOT the numbers printed on each page).

1. Page 6, Publications No.1: should be J . Phys. Chem. A., 107:8345, 2003. instead of J. Phys. Chem. A., 112:4162, 2003.
2. Page 81, equation (4.18): the definitions of J_b and ψ_b each should be multiplied by a factor of (-1).
3. Page 82, equation (4.19) line 5: should be +g₄₄(K_b-J_b)²+g₄₅(K_b²-J_b²)+g₅₅(K_b+J_b)² instead of +g₄₄(K_b+J_b)²+g₄₅(K_b²-J_b²)+g₅₅(K_b-J_b)²
4. Page 97, Figure 4.8: the data depicted in this figure becomes invalid due to the changes in (2), (3) above.
5. Page 78, typographical error in Figure 4.3 (b). See here for correction.
6. Page 77, equation 4.6. It should be < n₄^l₄,n₅^l₅| V_l | n₄^{(l₄ ± 2)},n₅ ^{(l₅ ∓ 2)} > =(R₄₅)/4 × [ (n₄ ∓ l₄)(n₄ ± l₄+2)(n₅ ± l₅)(n₅ ∓ l₅+2) ] ^1/2
7. Page 77, equation 4.7. It should be < n₄ ^l₄,n₅^l₅ |V_DDII| (n₄-2) ^{(l₄ ∓ 2)},(n₅+2) ^{(l₅ ± 2)} > = (R₄₅+2g₄₅)/16 × [ (n₄± l₄)(n₄± l₄-2) (n₅± l₅+2)(n₅± l₅+4) ] ^1/2
8. Page 79, equation 4.12. It should be V_l=R₄₅(â_4dâ_4g^†â_5d^†â_5g + â_4d^†â_4gâ_5dâ_5g^†)
9. Page 79, equation 4.13. It should be V_DDII = (R₄₅+2g₄₅)/4 (â_4d^†â_4d^†â_5dâ_5d +â_4g^†â_4g^†â_5gâ_5g + â_4dâ_4dâ_5d^†â_5d^† + â_4gâ_4gâ_5g^†â_5g^†)
10. Page 86, under equation 4.45. It should be "The other multiplier (the sum of terms between the curly brackets) can be numerically shown to be always non-zero for the entire accessible range of J_a, J_b, and when ψ_a, ψ_b are constrained to values in (4.44)".