[McQuarrie] = McQuarrie, Donald A. Quantum Chemistry, 2nd Edition. University Science Books, 2007. ISBN: 9781891389504.
[Field] = Field, Robert W. Spectra and Dynamics of Small Molecules. Springer, 2015. ISBN: 9783319159577.
[CTDL] = Cohen-Tannoudji, Claude, Bernard Diu, and Franck Laloë. Quantum Mechanics. Wiley, 1991. ISBN: 9780471164333
| LEC # | TOPICS | READING |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Historical Background, Photoelectric Effect | [McQuarrie] Chapter 1 |
| 2 | Wave Nature of the Electron and the Internal Structure of an Atom | [McQuarrie] Chapter A |
| 3 | Two-Slit Experiment, Quantum Weirdness | [McQuarrie] Chapters 1, B |
| 4 | Classical Wave Equation and Separation of Variables | [McQuarrie] Chapter 2 |
| 5 | Quantum Mechanics: Free Particle and Particle in 1D box | [McQuarrie] Chapter 3.1–3.8 |
| 6 | 3-D Box and QM Separation of Variables | [McQuarrie] Chapter 3.9 |
| 7 | Classical Mechanical Harmonic Oscillator | [McQuarrie] Chapter 5.1–5.4 |
| 8 | Quantum Mechanical Harmonic Oscillator | [McQuarrie] Chapter 5.5–5.12 |
| 9 | The Harmonic Oscillator: Creation and Annihilation Operators |
[McQuarrie] Chapter 5 [McQuarrie] Appendix [CTDL] Chapter V.B |
| 10 | The Time-Dependent Schrödinger Equation | [McQuarrie] Chapter 4.9 |
| 11 | Wavepacket Dynamics for Harmonic Oscillator and PIB | [CTDL] Chapter V.F |
| 12 | Catch Up and Review. Postulates | [McQuarrie] Chapter 4 |
| Exam #1 | [McQuarrie] Chapters 1–5, A, B | |
| 13 | From Hij Integrals to H Matrices I | [Field] Chapter 6.1–6.4 |
| 14 | From Hij Integrals to H Matrices II | [McQuarrie] Chapters 4, F, G, H |
| 15 | Non-Degenerate Perturbation Theory I | No readings |
| 16 | Non-Degenerate Perturbation Theory II: HO using a,a† | [McQuarrie] Chapter 6 |
| 17 | Rigid Rotor I. Orbital Angular Momentum | [McQuarrie] Chapters 6, E |
| 18 | Rigid Rotor II. Derivation by Commutation Rules |
[McQuarrie] Chapter 6, Appendix [CTDL] VI.AB |
| 19 | Spectroscopy: Probing Molecules with Light |
[McQuarrie] Chapter 8.6 Notes and Video |
| Exam #2 | ||
| 20 | Hydrogen Atom I | [McQuarrie] Chapter 7.1–7.5 |
| 21 | Hydrogen Atom II. Rydberg States | Notes |
| 22 | Helium Atom | [McQuarrie] Chapters 7.9, 9.1–9.5, Appendix Chapter 9 |
| 23 | Many-Electron Atoms | [McQuarrie] Chapter 9.5–9.12 |
| 24 | Molecular Orbital Theory I. Variational Principle and Matrix Mechanics |
[McQuarrie] Chapters 8.1–8.3, 10.1–10.4 [CTDL] XI.E |
| 25 | Molecular Orbital Theory II. H2+, A2, AB Diatomics | [McQuarrie] Chapter 11.1–11.5 |
| 26 | Qualitative MO Theory: Hückel | [McQuarrie] Chapter 11.6–11.8 |
| 27 | Non-Degenerate Perturbation Theory III | [Field] Chapter 4.1–4.3 |
| 28 | Modern Electronic Structure Theory: Basis Sets |
Notes [McQuarrie] Chapter 12 |
| 29 | Modern Electronic Structure Theory: Electronic Correlation |
Notes [McQuarrie] Chapter 12 |
| 30 | Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory I. H is Time-Independent, Zewail Wavepacket | [Field] Chapters 6 and 8 |
| Exam #3 | [McQuarrie] Chapters 7–11 | |
| 31 | Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory II. H is Time-Dependent: Two-Level Problem | [CTDL] pp. 403–415, 417–419, 424–429, 443–449 |
| 32 | Intermolecular Interactions by Non-Degenerate Perturbation Theory | [CTDL] pp. 1130–1140 |
| 33 | Electronic Spectroscopy: Franck-Condon | [Field] Chapters 6.4, 8 |
| 34 | Chirped Pulse Microwave: Free Induction Decay, Bloch Visualization |
Notes [CTDL] pp. 424–429 |
| 35 | δ-Functions, Eigenfunctions of X, Discrete Variable Representation |
Notes [CTDL] pp. 1468–1479 |
| 36 | Time Dependence of Two-Level Systems: Density Matrix, Rotating Wave Approximation | |
| Final Exam |