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The reading agenda is provided below. Please keep in mind that the assignments and readings are tentative after the current date.
Lecture 1: 9/30/20 (Unit I: Basics)
Lecture 2: 10/2/20 (Unit I: Basics)
Lecture 3: 10/5/20 (Unit I: Basics)
Lecture 4: 10/7/20 (Unit I: Basics)
Lecture 5: 10/9/20 (Unit I: Basics)
Lecture 6: 10/12/20 (Unit I: Basics)
Lecture 7: 10/14/20 (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
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- DISCUSSION: Worksheet 2
- ASSIGNMENT: Homework 3 (due 10/21 at start of class)
Lecture 8: 10/16/20 (Unit I: Basics)
Lecture 9: 10/19/20 (Unit I: Basics)
Lecture 10: 10/21/20 (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 (due 10/28 at start of class)
Lecture 11: 10/23/20 (Unit II: Model Systems)
Catch up day: 10/26/20
- Use this day to start the take home midterm
Lecture 12: 10/28/20 (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 (due 11/4 at start of class)
Lecture 13: 10/30/20 (Unit II: Model Systems)
Midterm: 11/2/20
- Take-home. Covers all material until this point.
Lecture 14: 11/4/20 (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 (due 11/11)
Lecture 15: 11/6/20 (Unit III: Atom)
Lecture 16: 11/9/20 (Unit III: Atoms)
No Lecture: 11/11/20 (Veterans' Day)
- DISCUSSION: Worksheet 6A
- DISCUSSION: Worksheet 6B
- ASSIGNMENT: Homework 7A (Due 11/18)
- ASSIGNMENT: Homework 7B: ab initio Calculations (Due 11/18)
Lecture 17: 11/13/20 (Unit III: Atoms)
Lecture 18: 11/16/20 (Unit III: Atoms)
Lecture 19: 11/18/20 (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 (Due 12/2 at start of class)
Lecture 20: 11/20/20 (Unit III: Atoms)
Lecture 21: 11/23/20 (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
Thanksgiving: 11/25/20 - 11/27/20
- No Class. Thanksgiving.
Lecture 22: 11/30/20 (Unit III: Atoms)
Lecture 23: 12/2/20 (Unit III: Atoms)
- 8.7: Hartree-Fock Calculations
- 8.8: A Term Symbol Gives a Detailed Description of an Electron Configuration
- 8.9: The Allowed Values of J
- 8.10: Hund's Rules
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- DISCUSSION: Worksheet 8
- ASSIGNMENT: Homework 9 (Due 12/9 at start of class)
Lecture 24: 12/4/20 (Unit IV: Diatomic Molecules)
Lecture 25: 12/7/20 (Unit IV: Diatomic Molecules)
Lecture 26: 12/9/20 (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: 12/11/20 (Unit IV: Diatomic Molecules)
Final Exam:
- Exam covers lectures 1 through 27