CHEMISTRY 651
Quantum Mechanics of Atoms and Molecules
Spring 2006
Instructor
Dr. Glenn T. Evans
Gilbert 104
737-6717
glenn.evans@oregonstate.edu
Office Hou
M-F 1-2pm
Course Structure
Three credit-hour course
Terms Offered
Not offered every year
Lecture
Tues/Thurs 9:30-10:50 am
APP 101
Grading
Midterm Tuesday 9 May (40%)
Final exam Monday 12 June
9:30am (40%)
Problem sets (20%)
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- Latest news ... The ket for the final exam is given below, and the graded exams are available in GTE's office.
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- Assignments
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- Exams
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Class
Syllabus
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1 |
Variational method, ch 7 (Lowe) |
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2 |
Matrix methods and perturbation theory, ch 9,12 (Lowe) |
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3 |
Electron spin and Hartree Fock for atoms, ch 10-11 (Levine) |
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4 |
Hydrogen molecular ion |
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5 |
Molecular hydrogen |
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Diatomic molecules |
exam Tuesday |
7 |
Hartree Fock for molecules and the virial
theorem |
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8 |
Ab initio molecular QM |
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9 |
DFT |
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10 |
Periodic systems, ch 15 (Lowe) |
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