AGENDA (Koski)
- Page ID
- 61287
\( \newcommand{\vecs}[1]{\overset { \scriptstyle \rightharpoonup} {\mathbf{#1}} } \) \( \newcommand{\vecd}[1]{\overset{-\!-\!\rightharpoonup}{\vphantom{a}\smash {#1}}} \)\(\newcommand{\id}{\mathrm{id}}\) \( \newcommand{\Span}{\mathrm{span}}\) \( \newcommand{\kernel}{\mathrm{null}\,}\) \( \newcommand{\range}{\mathrm{range}\,}\) \( \newcommand{\RealPart}{\mathrm{Re}}\) \( \newcommand{\ImaginaryPart}{\mathrm{Im}}\) \( \newcommand{\Argument}{\mathrm{Arg}}\) \( \newcommand{\norm}[1]{\| #1 \|}\) \( \newcommand{\inner}[2]{\langle #1, #2 \rangle}\) \( \newcommand{\Span}{\mathrm{span}}\) \(\newcommand{\id}{\mathrm{id}}\) \( \newcommand{\Span}{\mathrm{span}}\) \( \newcommand{\kernel}{\mathrm{null}\,}\) \( \newcommand{\range}{\mathrm{range}\,}\) \( \newcommand{\RealPart}{\mathrm{Re}}\) \( \newcommand{\ImaginaryPart}{\mathrm{Im}}\) \( \newcommand{\Argument}{\mathrm{Arg}}\) \( \newcommand{\norm}[1]{\| #1 \|}\) \( \newcommand{\inner}[2]{\langle #1, #2 \rangle}\) \( \newcommand{\Span}{\mathrm{span}}\)\(\newcommand{\AA}{\unicode[.8,0]{x212B}}\)
The reading agenda is provided below. Please keep in mind that the assignments and readings are tentative after the current date.
Lecture 1: 9/21/22 (Unit I: Basics)
- 1.1: Blackbody Radiation Cannot Be Explained Classically
- 1.2: Quantum Hypothesis used for Blackbody Radiation Law
- ASSIGNMENT: Homework 1 (due 10/7 at start of class)
Lecture 2: 9/23/22 (Unit I: Basics)
Lecture 3: 9/26/22 (Unit I: Basics)
Lecture 4: 9/28/22 (Unit I: Basics)
- 2.1: The One-Dimensional Wave Equation
- 2.2: The Method of Separation of Variables
- DISCUSSION: Worksheet 1 (first full week): Continuous Distributions
- ASSIGNMENT: Homework 2
Lecture 5: 9/30/22 (Unit I: Basics)
Lecture 6: 10/3/22 (Unit I: Basics)
Lecture 7: 10/5/22 (Unit I: Basics)
- 3.4: Wave Functions Have a Probabilistic Interpretation
- 3.5: The Energy of a Particle in a Box Is Quantized
- 3.6: Wave Functions Must Be Normalized
- 3.7: The Average Momentum of a Particle in a Box is Zero
-
- DISCUSSION: Worksheet 2
- ASSIGNMENT: Homework 3
Lecture 8: 10/7/22 (Unit I: Basics)
Lecture 9: 10/10/22 (Unit I: Basics)
Lecture 10: 10/12/22 (Unit II: Model Systems)
- 4.5: The Eigenfunctions of Operators are Orthogonal (Hermitian Operators)
- 5.1: A Harmonic Oscillator Obeys Hooke's Law
- 5.4: The Harmonic Oscillator Energy Levels
- 5.6: The Harmonic-Oscillator Wavefunctions Involve Hermite Polynomials
- DISCUSSION: Worksheet 3A
- DISCUSSION: Worksheet 3B
- ASSIGNMENT: Homework 4
Lecture 11: 10/14/22 (Unit II: Model Systems)
Lecture 12: 10/17/22 (Unit II: Model Systems)
- 5.7. Hermite Polynomials are Even or Odd
- 5.5. The Harmonic Oscillator and IR Spectra
- DISCUSSION: Worksheet 4A
- DISCUSSION: Worksheet 4B
- ASSIGNMENT: Homework 5
Lecture 13: 10/19/22 (Unit II: Model Systems)
Lecture 14: 10/21/22 (Unit III: Atoms)
- 6.1. The Schrodinger Equation for the Hydrogen Atom Can Be Solved Exactly
- 6.2. The Wave Functions of a Rigid Rotator Are Called Spherical Harmonics
- DISCUSSION: Worksheet 5
- ASSIGNMENT: Homework 6A (due 11/11 )
- ASSIGNMENT: Homework 6B: ab initio Calculations
Lecture 15: 10/24/22 (Unit III: Atom)
Lecture 16: 10/26/22 (Unit III: Atoms)
Midterm: 10/28/22
- Take-home. Covers all material until this point.
Lecture 17: 10/31/22 (Unit III: Atoms)
Lecture 18: 11/2/22 (Unit III: Atoms)
Lecture 19: 11/4/22 (Unit III: Atoms)
- 7.3. Trial Functions Can Be Combinations of Functions
- 7.4. Perturbation Theory Expresses the Solution to One Problem in Terms of Another Problem Solved Previously
- DISCUSSION: Worksheet 7A
- DISCUSSION: Worksheet 7B
- ASSIGNMENT: Homework 8A
Lecture 20: 11/7/22 (Unit III: Atoms)
No class: 11/9/22
No Lecture: 11/11/22 (Veterans' Day)
- DISCUSSION: Worksheet 6A
- DISCUSSION: Worksheet 6B
- ASSIGNMENT: Homework 7A
- ASSIGNMENT: Homework 7B: ab initio Calculations
Lecture 21: 11/14/22 (Unit III: Atoms)
- 8.1: Electronic Structure Calculation is Atomic Units
- 8.4: An Electron Has An Intrinsic Spin Angular Momentum
- 8.5: Wavefunction Symmetry and Interchange of Electrons
Lecture 22: 11/16/22 (Unit III: Atoms)
Lecture 23: 11/18/22 (Unit III: Atoms)
Lecture 24: 11/21/22 (Unit IV: Diatomic Molecules)
Thanksgiving: 11/23/22 - 11/27/20
- No Class. Thanksgiving.
Lecture 25: 11/28/20 (Unit IV: Diatomic Molecules)
Lecture 26: 11/30/22 (Unit IV: Diatomic Molecules)
- 9.4: Chemical Bond Stability
- 9.5: Bonding and Antibonding Orbitals
- 9.6: Molecular-Orbital Bonding in H2
- 9.8: The Diatomic Helium Molecule
- DISCUSSION: Worksheet 9A
- DISCUSSION: Worksheet 9B
- DISCUSSION: Worksheet 10A
- DISCUSSION: Worksheet 10B
Lecture 27: 12/2/22 (Unit IV: Diatomic Molecules)
Final Exam:
- Exam covers lectures 1 through 27