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Syllabus



Syllabus

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Textbook


Amazon logo McQuarrie, Donald A. Quantum Chemistry. 2nd ed. Sausalito, CA: University Science Books, 2007. ISBN: 9781891389504.



Other Books


Amazon logo Atkins, P., and J. de Paula. Physical Chemistry. 7th ed. New York, NY: W.H. Freeman and Company, 2001. ISBN: 9780716735397.

Amazon logo Silbey, R., R. Alberty, and M. Bawendi. Physical Chemistry. 4th ed. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 2004. ISBN: 9780471215042.

Amazon logo Karplus, M., and R. Porter. Atoms and Molecules: An Introduction for Students of Physical Chemistry. Reading, MA: Addison Wesley, 1970. ISBN: 9780805352184.



Exams


There will be three one-hour examinations during the term and a regularly scheduled final examination. An information sheet summarizing details of the examinations will be distributed prior to each examination. All of the exams will be closed-notes and closed-book. Tutorial reviews will be held prior to each exam.



Homework


Problems will be assigned every week. Late problem sets are not accepted. Homework will be graded by the recitation instructor and returned in recitation.



Grading


A total of 600 points is possible in the course as follows:


ACTIVITIESPOINTS
Homework100
Exams300 (100 each)
Final exam200
Total600



Tutorial Reviews


These will be held prior to each exam.



Calendar


The calendar below provided information on the course's lecture (L) and exam (E) sessions.


SES #TOPICSKEY DATES
L1Historical development
L2The atom of Niels Bohr
L3Wave nature, de Broglie wavelength
L4Uncertainty principle
L5Stationary waves, Schrödinger equationProblem set 1 due
L6Particle in a box
L7Probabilities, expectation values, operators I
L8Probabilities, expectation values, operators IIProblem set 2 due
L9Postulates of quantum mechanics I
L10Postulates of quantum mechanics IIProblem set 3 due
L11Classic harmonic oscillator
L12Quantum harmonic oscillator
E1First hour exam
L13Tunneling
L14Three dimensional systemsProblem set 4 due
L15Rigid rotor
L16Spherical harmonics
L17Angular momenta
L18Hydrogen atom IProblem set 5 due
L19Hydrogen atom II
L20Variation principle
L21Helium atom
E2Second hour exam
L22Hartree-Fock, SCF
L23Electron spinProblem set 6 due
L24Pauli principle
L25Born-Oppenheimer approximation
L26Molecular orbital theory, H2+
L27LCAO-MO theoryProblem set 7 due
E3Third hour exam
L28Qualitative molecular orbital theory
L29Modern electronic structure theory
L30Interaction of light with matter
L31Vibrational spectraProblem set 8 due
L32NMR spectroscopy I
L33NMR spectroscopy II
L34Perturbation theoryProblem set 9 due
L35Vibrational anharmonicity
L36Crystal field states
E4Final exam

 








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