Chemistry 333 - Fall 2006

Quantum Mechanics & Molecular Structure

Basics

• One semester for one unit
• Instructor - Alan Shusterman
  • email (alan.shusterman@reed.edu)
  • full contact info: home page
  • office hours: tba (see home page for weekly changes)
• Class Hours - 9-9:50, MWF, Chem 301
• Conference Hours (attend ONE) - 9:30-10:20 & 4:10-5:00, Tu, Chem 203
• Useful sites

Class Goals

• Understand basic quantum mechanical principles, conceptually & mathematically
• Apply this understanding to these basic quantum mechanical systems
• Free electron
• Electron in a box
• Harmonic oscillator
• Rigid rotor
• One-electron atom
• Use these systems to understand aspects of molecular spectroscopy
• Learn to simplify calculations with Mathematica
• Understand approximations used in molecular quantum mechanics calculations
  • Poly-electronic wave function
  • Born-Oppenheimer approximation
  • Hartree-Fock approximation

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(last updated 11/29/06)