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Lec.#
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Date
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Readings(A)
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TOPIC
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1.
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8/29 Wed
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pp. 249-253
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Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
Course introduction, early experiments in quantum mechanics, light scattering and blackbody radiation.
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2.
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8/31 Fri
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pp. 255-259
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Photoelectric effect, Compton, DeBrogile (translation of deBrogile's paper), Davisson-Germer
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3.
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9/4 Tue
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Complex Numbers pp. 286-287,
Vectors pp. 368-369
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Waves, vector mathematics of interest, complex quantities, orthonormal functions.
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4.
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9/7 Fri
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pp. 273-279
Fourier Series p. 740 |
Superposition, Fourier Series, Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle.
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5.
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9/11 Tue
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pp. 260-273
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Homework Set #1 Due.
Schrodinger Equation, probability density, eigenfunctions and eigenvalues, operators.
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6.
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9/12 Wed
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pp. 288-292
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Energies and time dependence of the wavefunctions of a particle in a box.
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7.
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9/14 Fri
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pp. 293-300
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Barriers and tunneling, 2-D(particle on a surface), 3-D Schrodinger equation and degeneracy. |
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8.
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9/18 Tue
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pp. 300-306,
Further Information pp. 280-282
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One dimensional harmonic oscillator, potential, wavefunctions, recursion relation, correspondence principle.
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9.
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9/19 Wed
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pp. 306-311
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Homework Set #2 DUE.
Spherical polar coordinates, solving the Schrodinger equation for the hydrogen atom, central force field V(r), rigid-rotor approximation, azimuthal quantum number, Φ(φ).
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10.
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9/21 Fri
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pp. 311-315
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Angular momentum quantum number, Θ(θ), spherical harmonics.
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11.
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9/25 Tue
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pp. 324-330
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Radial part R(r), principal quantum number, Bohr radius.
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12.
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9/26 Wed
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pp. 330-339
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Radial distrubution function, wave structure of matter, wavefunctions of hydrogen-like atoms.
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13.
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9/28 Fri
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Homework Set #3 DUE.
Review of Lectures 1-12.
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14.
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10/2 Tue
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FIRST HOUR EXAM
view last year's exam
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| 15. |
10/3 Wed |
pp. 315-316, 339-349
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Effect of magnetic fields, Stern-Gerlach experiment, spin, Pauli exclusion principle.
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| 16. |
10/5 Fri |
pp. 350-361 |
Building-up principle, shielding, ionization energy, term symbols, spin-orbit coupling, total angular momentum, multielectron atoms. |
| 17. |
10/9 Tue |
pp. 349-350, 390-391 |
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| 18. |
10/10 Wed |
pp. 371-382 |
Molecules
Born-Oppenheimer approximation, valence bond theory, molecular orbital theory, diatomic molecules, hydrogen molecule-ion.
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| 19. |
10/12 Fri |
pp. 382-394 |
LCAO-MO, bonding and anti-binding orbitals, overlap integral, variation principle for molecules, the hydrogen molecule. |
| 20. |
10/16 Tue |
Matrices pp. 414-416
pp. 417-426 |
Molecular symmetry, symmetry elements and groups, character tables. |
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21.
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10/17 Wed
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pp. 427-433
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Reducible and irreducible representations, direct product. |
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22.
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10/19 Fri |
pp. 433-438
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Application of molecular symmetry to molecular orbital theory,symmetry-adapted linear combinations (SALCs).
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23.
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10/23 Tue |
pp. 439-440, 447, 469-478
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Application of molecular symmetry to spectroscopy, vanishing integrals and selection rules, symmetry and Raman and infrared activity of vibrations, inversion center and the rule of mutual exclusion, normal modes.
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24.
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10/24 Wed
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Homework Set #4 DUE.
Introduction to Spectroscopy and Structure
Time dependence of the wavefunction and the interaction of light with matter, resonance .
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| 25. |
10/26 Fri |
pp. 445-462 |
Spectroscopy, transition moments, moments of inertia, pure rotational spectra. |
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26.
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10/30 Tue
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CANCELED due to hurricane. |
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27.
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10/31 Wed
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CANCELED due to hurricane.
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28.
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11/2 Fri
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CANCELED due to hurricane.
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29.
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11/7 Wed
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pp. 462-469
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Vibrational spectra of diatomic molecules, anharmonicity, Birge-Sponer plot, vibration-rotation spectra.
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| 30. |
11/9 Fri |
pp. 489-508 |
Electronic spectra, resonance Raman, Franck-Condon principle, allowed and forbidden transitions, fluorescence, photoelectron spectroscopy.
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| 31. |
11/13 Tue |
pp. 746-751 |
Homework Set#5 Due.
Introduction to Statistical Mechanics
Kinetic molecular theory of gases, Maxwell distribution, pressure and average energy of an ideal gas. |
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32.
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11/14 Wed
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Review of Lectures 15-30
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33.
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11/16 Fri
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SECOND HOUR EXAM
view last year's exam
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34.
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11/20 Tue
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pp. 564-568
pp. 568-584
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Distributions of numbers of particles about available energy levels, fermions, bosons. Most probable distribution = Boltzmann distribution. Partition function, translational partition function for an ideal monoatomic gas, boltzons, internal energy and entropy. |
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35.
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11/27 Tue
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pp. 592-601
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Partition of energy in molecules, translational, nuclear, rotational, vibrational and electronic degrees of freedom, choice of zero of energy, total partition function, equipartition principle, connection to thermodynamics.
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| 36. |
11/28 Wed |
pp. 601-605 |
Heat capacity of solids (an application of statistical mechanics), Einstein model, Debye model. |
| 37. |
11/30 Fri |
pp. 782-789, 790-793 |
Introduction to Chemical Kinetics
Rate laws, elementary reactions, mass action, first-order kinetics, half-life. |
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38.
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12/4 Tue
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pp. 789-790, 793-795, 799-802 |
Second-order kinetics, determinination of reaction order, temperature dependence of the rate constant.
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39.
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12/5 Wed
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Homework Set#6 Due.
Review of Lectures 31, 34-38. |
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40.
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12/7 Fri
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THIRD HOUR EXAM
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