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Instructor

Prof. Robert Field

Departments

Chemistry

As Taught In

Fall 2017

Level

Undergraduate

Topics

Science
- Chemistry
  - Physical Chemistry

Learning Resource Types

Lecture Videos

Exams with Solutions

Lecture Notes

Problem Sets with Solutions

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Lecture Videos

Lecture 1: Quantum Mechanics—Historical Background, Photoelectric Effect, Compton Scattering

Lecture 2: Wave Nature of the Electron and the Internal Structure of an Atom

Lecture 3: Two-Slit Experiment, Quantum Weirdness

Lecture 4: Classical Wave Equation and Separation of Variables

Lecture 5: Quantum Mechanics: Free Particle and Particle in 1D box

Lecture 6: 3-D Box and QM Separation of Variables

Lecture 7: Classical Mechanical Harmonic Oscillator

Lecture 8: Quantum Mechanical Harmonic Oscillator

Lecture 9: The Harmonic Oscillator: Creation and Annihilation Operators

Lecture 10: The Time-Dependent Schrödinger Equation

Assignments

5.61 F17 Problem Set 1

5.61 F17 Problem Set 2

5.61 F17 Problem Set 3

5.61 F17 Problem Set 4

5.61 F17 Problem Set 5

5.61 F17 Problem Set 6

5.61 F17 Problem Set 7

5.61 F17 Problem Set 8

5.61 F17 Problem Set 9

5.61 F17 Solutions to Problem Set 1

Exams

5.61 F17 2nd Hour Exam Solutions

5.61 F17 Final Exam with Solutions

5.61 F17 First Hour Exam

5.61 F17 First Hour Exam Solutions

5.61 F17 Second Hour Exam

5.61 F17 Third Hour Exam

5.61 F17 Third Hour Exam Solutions

Lecture Notes

5.61 F17 Lecture #11: Wavepacket Dynamics for Harmonic Oscillator and PIB

5.61 F17 Lecture 1: Quantum Mechanics--Historical Background, Photoelectric Effect, Compton Scattering

5.61 F17 Lecture 10: The Time-Dependent Schrödinger Equation

5.61 F17 Lecture 11 Supplement: Nonstationary States of Quantum Mechanical Harmonic Oscillator

5.61 F17 Lecture 12: Looking Backward Before First Hour Exam: Postulate

5.61 F17 Lecture 13 and Lecture 14: From Hij Integrals to H Matrices

5.61 F17 Lecture 15: Non-Degenerate Perturbation Theory I

5.61 F17 Lecture 16 Supplement: Non-Degenerate Perturbation Theory III

5.61 F17 Lecture 16: Nondegenerate Perturbation Theory II: Harmonic Oscillators using a,a†

5.61 F17 Lecture 17: Rigid Rotor I

Course Info

Instructor

Prof. Robert Field

Departments

Chemistry

As Taught In

Fall 2017

Level

Undergraduate

Topics

Science
- Chemistry
  - Physical Chemistry

Learning Resource Types

Lecture Videos

Exams with Solutions

Lecture Notes

Problem Sets with Solutions

Download Course

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