Lecture Six has been corrected to include
the asymmetric top selection rules, please use this version!
LECTURE OUTLINE:
Week #1: Lecture One (07Jan08), Lecture Two (09Jan08), Lecture Three (11Jan08)
Week #2: Lecture Four (14Jan08), Lecture Five (16Jan08), Lecture Six (18Jan08)
Week #3: Lecture Seven (23Jan08), Lecture Eight (25Jan08)
Week #4: Lecture Nine (28Jan08), Lecture Ten (30Jan08), Lecture Eleven (01Feb08)
Week #5: Lecture Twelve (04Feb08), Lecture Thirteen (06Feb08), Lecture Fourteen (08Feb08)
Week #6: Lecture Fifteen (11Feb08), Lecture Sixteen (13Feb08), Lecture Seventeen (15Feb8)
Week #7: Lecture Eighteen (20Feb08), Lecture Nineteen (22Feb08)
Week #8: Lecture Twenty (25Feb08), Lecture Twenty-One (27Feb08), Lecture Twenty-Two (29Feb08)
Week #9: Lecture Twenty-Three (03Mar08), Lecture Twenty-Four (05Mar08), Lecture Twenty-Five (07Mar08)
Week #10: Lecture Twenty-Six (10Mar08), Lecture Twenty-Seven (12Mar08)
TOPICS AND LINKS TO LECTURE NOTES:
Week #1: Time-independent perturbation theory,
time-dependent perturbation theory, spectroscopic lineshapes
Lecture One (07Jan08, PDF 94k),
Lecture Two (09Jan08, PDF 85k),
Lecture Three (11Jan08, PDF 111k)
Reading: Atkins Ch. 6 (time ind. 6.1-6.8, time dep. 6.11-6.18), review Ch. 1
esp. as necessary.
Supplementary Reading:
Sections 7.1, 7.2, McQuarrie for a short overview.
Week #2: Overview of molecular eigenstates
& molecular rotational spectra
Lecture Four (14Jan08, PDF 100k),
Lecture Five (16Jan08, PDF 94k),
Lecture Six (18Jan08, PDF 94k)
Reading: For rotational spectra Atkins 10.3
and review spherical harmonics (Ch. 4).
For the latest on quantum entanglement research at Caltech (Lect. 3), go to
the Kimble group web site on quantum networks.
Week #3: Rotation of asymmetric tops, Diatomic rovibrational spectroscopy
Lecture Seven (23Jan08, PDF 64k),
Lecture Eight (25Jan08, PDF 70k)
Reading: Finish rotation/nuclear spin sections, Ch. 10 Atkins
Chapter 1, Chapter 3, pp. 100-134, Harris & Bertolucci
Week #4: Group theory in polyatomic rovibrational and Raman spectroscopy
Lecture Nine (28Jan08, PDF 60k),
Lecture Ten (30Jan08, PDF 74k),
Lecture Eleven (01Feb08, PDF 131k)
Reading: Chapter 5 Atkins on group theory;
Chapter 1 and Chapter 3, pp. 135-167, Harris & Bertolucci recommended also
Week #5: Local mode theory/vibrations of functional groups, Vibrational
spectroscopy of solids
Lecture Twelve (04Feb08, PDF 141k),
Lecture Thirteen (06Feb08, PDF 1.1M),
Lecture Fourteen (08Feb08, PDF 245k)
Reading: Local modes mostly class notes, band theory 8.12-8.14 Atkins.
Week #6: Electronic spectroscopy and Franck-Condon factors,
Photochemistry,
Electronic spectroscopy of polyatomics.
Lecture Fifteen (11Feb08, PDF 163k),
Lecture Sixteen (13Feb08, PDF 1.3MB),
Lecture Seventeen (15Feb08, PDF 177k)
Reading: Chapter 11, Atkins (review electronic structure chapters as nec., esp. 8),
Chapter 5, Harris & Bertolucci
(Chapter 4 of Harris & Bertolucci provides another excellent intro. to
molecular orbital theory)
Week #7: Non-radiative processes in polyatomics,
Photoelectron spectroscopy, begin NMR
Lecture Eighteen (20Feb08, PDF 2.3MB),
Lecture Nineteen (22Feb08, PDF 170k)
Reading: Sections 11.10+; begin Chapter 13, Atkins
Supplementary Reading:
Univ. Konstanz NMR Notes #1(PDF 1.0M)
Week #8: Conclude NMR (including FT-NMR and MRI), ESR (EPR)
Lecture Twenty (25Feb08, PDF 122k),
Lecture Twenty-One (27Feb08, PDF 326k)
+Thermo Primer (PDF),
Lecture Twenty-Two (29Feb08, PDF 54k)
Reading: Complete Chapter 13, Atkins
Supplementary Reading:
Univ. Konstanz NMR Notes #2(PDF 1.2M),
EPR Spin Labeling in
Proteins Review (PDF 335 kB)
Week #9: Statistical Thermodynamics - Boltzmann Law, Molecular/Ensemble
Partition Functions and Thermodynamics
Lecture Twenty-Three (03Mar08, PDF 64k),
Lecture Twenty-Four (05Mar08, PDF 82k),
Lecture Twenty-Five (07Mar08, PDF 59K)
Reading: Chapters 1,2, Lecture 22; Chapters 3, 4 & 7, Maczek, Lecture 23; Ch. 6 & 8,
Lecture 24
Week #10: Statistical Thermodynamics/Thermodynamic
Properties of Ideal Gases & Crystalline Solids
Lecture Twenty-Six (10Mar08, PDF 76k),
Lecture Twenty-Seven (12Mar08, PDF 69k)
Reading: Chapters 9-11, Lecture 25; Chapter 12, Maczek, Lecture 26; Ch. 13 & 14, Lecture 27
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