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Prof. Robert Field

Departments

Chemistry

As Taught In

Fall 2017

Level

Undergraduate

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Science
- Chemistry
  - Physical Chemistry

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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

Lecture 11: Wavepacket Dynamics for Harmonic Oscillator and PIB

Lecture 12: Catch Up and Review, Postulates

Lecture 13: From Hij Integrals to H Matrices I

Lecture 14: From Hij Integrals to H Matrices II

Lecture 15: Non-Degenerate Perturbation Theory I

Lecture 16: Non-Degenerate Perturbation Theory II: HO using a,a†

Lecture 17: Rigid Rotor I. Orbital Angular Momentum

Lecture 18: Rigid Rotor II. Derivation by Commutation Rules

Lecture 19: Spectroscopy: Probing Molecules with Light

Lecture 20: Hydrogen Atom I

Lecture 21: Hydrogen Atom II. Rydberg States

Lecture 22: Helium Atom

Lecture 23: Many-Electron Atoms

Lecture 24: Molecular Orbital Theory I. Variational Principle and Matrix Mechanics

Lecture 25: Molecular Orbital Theory II. H2+, A2, AB Diatomics

Lecture 26: Qualitative MO Theory: Hückel

Lecture 27: Non-Degenerate Perturbation Theory III

Lecture 28: Modern Electronic Structure Theory: Basis Sets

Lecture 29: Modern Electronic Structure Theory: Electronic Correlation

Lecture 30: Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory I. H is Time-Independent, Zewail Wavepacket

Lecture 31: Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory II. H is Time-Dependent: Two-Level Problem

Lecture 32: Intermolecular Interactions by Non-Degenerate Perturbation Theory

Lecture 33: Electronic Spectroscopy: Franck-Condon

Lecture 34: Electronic Spectroscopy and Photochemistry

Lecture 35: δ-Functions, Eigenfunctions of X, Discrete Variable Representation

Lecture 36: Time Dependence of Two-Level Systems: Density Matrix, Rotating Wave Approximation

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

Problem Set Solutions

Download Course

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