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CHEM 5581: Graduate Level Quantum Chemistry

CHEM 5581: Graduate Level Quantum Chemistry. Fall 2014 J. M. Weber. Technicalities(1). Requirements: two semesters of undergraduate physical chemistry and graduate standing recommended: firm grasp of algebra, complex numbers, calculus, differential equations, CHEM 5581 Class hours:

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CHEM 5581: Graduate Level Quantum Chemistry

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  1. CHEM 5581: Graduate Level Quantum Chemistry Fall 2014 J. M. Weber

  2. Technicalities(1) • Requirements: • two semesters of undergraduate physical chemistry and graduate standing • recommended: firm grasp of algebra, complex numbers, calculus, differential equations, CHEM 5581 • Class hours: MWF 09:00 am to 09:50 am • Office Hours:Monday: 4 pm – 5 pm Tuesday: 1 pm – 2 pm

  3. Technicalities(2) • Locations: • JILA tower A709 • phone 492-7841 • email weberjm@jila.colorado.edu • web site: http://jila.colorado.edu/weberlabs/course-CHEM5581.html • Exam schedule: • Two-hour exams: Sept. 30, Nov. 4,6-8 pm, EKLC E1B20 • Final Exam: date, time, and location TBA

  4. Technicalities(3) • Problem sets (homework): • usually handed out (i.e. posted on course web site) on Wednesdays, to be returned the following Wednesdays before class • homework will be graded by graduate student Ben Knurr. • credits accumulated over the semester determine your homework performance grade. Everyone may drop one homework assignment without penalty. • worked solutions to problem sets will be posted on the course web page. • Travel: Due to professional travel, there may be no class meetings on a few dates. Currently, no travel is planned, though …

  5. Technicalities(4) • Grades: • homework performance: 40% • clicker questions (participation) 5% • average of the two-hour-exams: 30% • final exam: 25% • All slides and clicker questions will be posted on the course web page Literature: • Ira N. Levine “Quantum Chemistry” • Claude Cohen-Tannoudji et al. “Quantum Mechanics” • James R. Barrante “Applied Mathematics for Physical Chemistry” • Eugene Butkov “Mathematical Physics” • .... • Browse the library or the book store for other books that you may like...

  6. MASTERY OF THE KNOWN UNIVERSE (aka Graduation) More Graduate Courses Molecules Multielectron Atoms Approximation Methods: Variational and Perturbation Theories Angular Momentum and the QM H-Atom Matrix QM and the Two-Level-System The Postulates of QM The Particle in a Box and in“rectangular” potentials The Quantum Mechanical Harmonic Oscillator Operators, Wave Function Space, Hilbert Space Wave Mechanics, Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle

  7. Photoelectric Effect (1) Discovered in 1887: Light can lead to the emission of electrons from metal surfaces. Only the wavelength, not the intensity of the light matters! Heinrich Hertz 1857 - 1894 < picture from www.wikipedia.org >

  8. Photoelectric Effect (2) Nobel Prize for Physics (1921) for explanation of the Photoelectric Effect: Light energy is quantized (see Max Planck). If the energy of a light quantum (photon) is greater than the work function of a given material, electrons will be emitted. Albert Einstein 1879 – 1955 < picture from www.wikipedia.org >

  9. Matter Waves Louis Victor Pierre Raymond, 7e Duc de Broglie (1892 - 1987) Nobel Prize for Physics, 1922 < picture from www.wikipedia.org >

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