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The Readings column refers to relevant sections in the course textbook:

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


SES #TOPICSREADINGS
L1Historical developmentChapter 1
L2The atom of Niels Bohr
L3Wave nature, de Broglie wavelengthChapter 2
L4Uncertainty principle
L5Stationary waves, Schrödinger equationChapter 3
L6Particle in a box
L7Probabilities, expectation values, operators IChapter 4
L8Probabilities, expectation values, operators II
L9Postulates of quantum mechanics I
L10Postulates of quantum mechanics II
L11Classic harmonic oscillatorChapter 5
L12Quantum harmonic oscillator
L13Tunneling
L14Three dimensional systemsChapter 6
L15Rigid rotor
L16Spherical harmonics
L17Angular momenta
L18Hydrogen atom IChapter 7.1-7.5
L19Hydrogen atom II
L20Variation principleChapter 8.1-8.2
L21Helium atomChapter 9.1-9.4
L22Hartree-Fock, SCF
L23Electron spin
L24Pauli principle
L25Born-Oppenheimer approximationChapter 10.1-10.5
L26Molecular orbital theory, H2+
L27LCAO-MO theoryChapter 11
L28Qualitative molecular orbital theory
L29Modern electronic structure theory
L30Interaction of light with matterChapter 8.5-8.6
L31Vibrational spectra
L32NMR spectroscopy I
L33NMR spectroscopy II
L34Perturbation theory
L35Vibrational anharmonicity
L36Crystal field states

 








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