Physical Chemistry

Calendar

LEC #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
1	Historical Background, Photoelectric Effect
2	Wave Nature of the Electron and the Internal Structure of an Atom
3	Two-Slit Experiment, Quantum Weirdness
4	Classical Wave Equation and Separation of Variables
5	Quantum Mechanics: Free Particle and Particle in 1D box	Problem Set 1 due
6	3-D Box and QM Separation of Variables
7	Classical Mechanical Harmonic Oscillator
8	Quantum Mechanical Harmonic Oscillator	Problem Set 2 due
9	The Harmonic Oscillator: Creation and Annihilation Operators
10	The Time-Dependent Schrödinger Equation
11	Wavepacket Dynamics for Harmonic Oscillator and PIB	Problem Set 3 due
12	Catch Up and Review, Postulates
	Exam #1
13	From Hij Integrals to H Matrices I
14	From Hij Integrals to H Matrices II	Problem Set 4 due
15	Non-Degenerate Perturbation Theory I
16	Non-Degenerate Perturbation Theory II: HO using a,a†
17	Rigid Rotor I. Orbital Angular Momentum	Problem Set 5 due
18	Rigid Rotor II. Derivation by Commutation Rules
19	Spectroscopy: Probing Molecules with Light
	Exam #2
20	Hydrogen Atom I
21	Hydrogen Atom II. Rydberg States
22	Helium Atom	Problem Set 6 due
23	Many-Electron Atoms
24	Molecular Orbital Theory I. Variational Principle and Matrix Mechanics
25	Molecular Orbital Theory II. H2+, A2, AB Diatomics	Problem Set 7 due
26	Qualitative MO Theory: Hückel
27	Non-Degenerate Perturbation Theory III
28	Modern Electronic Structure Theory: Basis Sets	Problem Set 8 due
29	Modern Electronic Structure Theory: Electronic Correlation
30	Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory I. H is Time-Independent, Zewail Wavepacket
	Exam #3
31	Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory II. H is Time-Dependent: Two-Level Problem
32	Intermolecular Interactions by Non-Degenerate Perturbation Theory
33	Electronic Spectroscopy: Franck-Condon
34	Electronic Spectroscopy and Photochemistry	Problem Set 9 due
35	δ-Functions, Eigenfunctions of X, Discrete Variable Representation
36	Time Dependence of Two-Level Systems: Density Matrix, Rotating Wave Approximation
	Final Exam