Keith Nelson was the lecturer for Lec #1 and 19-36, and Robert Griffin was the lecturer for Lec #2-18 and 36.
Lecture notes files
| LEC # |
TOPICS |
NOTES |
| 1 |
Historical Development |
(PDF) |
| 2 |
Rutherford Model, H Emission Spectrum |
(PDF) |
| 3 |
Rydberg Formula, Photoelectric Effect |
(PDF) |
| 4 |
The Atom of Niels Bohr |
(PDF) |
| 5 |
Wave Nature, de Broglie Wavelength |
(PDF) |
| 6 |
Uncertainty Principle |
(PDF) |
| 7 |
Schrödinger Equation, Stationary Waves |
(PDF) |
| 8 |
Particle in a Box |
(PDF) |
| 9 |
Probabilities, Expectation Values, Operators I |
(PDF) |
| 10 |
Probabilities, Expectation Values, Operators II |
(PDF) |
| 11 |
Postulates of Quantum Mechanics I |
(PDF) |
| 12 |
Postulates of Quantum Mechanics II |
(PDF) |
| 13 |
Classical Harmonic Oscillator |
| 14 |
Quantum Harmonic Oscillator |
| 15 |
Tunneling |
| 16 |
Three Dimensional Systems |
(PDF) |
| 17 |
Rigid Rotor |
(PDF) |
| 18 |
Spherical Harmonics |
| 19 |
Angular Momenta |
| 20 |
Hydrogen Atom I |
(PDF 1)
(PDF 2) |
| 21 |
Hydrogen Atom II |
| 22 |
Variational Principle, Perturbation Theory |
(PDF) |
| 23 |
Helium Atom |
(PDF) |
| 24 |
Hartree-Fock, Self-Consistent Field |
| 25 |
Electron Spin |
(PDF) |
| 26 |
Pauli Principle |
(PDF) |
| 27 |
Many Electron Atoms |
(PDF) |
| 28 |
Born-Oppenheimer Approximations |
(PDF) |
| 29 |
Valence Bond Theory |
(PDF) |
| 30 |
Molecular Orbital Theory, H2+ |
(PDF) |
| 31 |
Homonuclear Diatomic Molecules |
(PDF) |
| 32 |
Homonuclear Diatomic Molecules (cont.) |
| 33 |
Building Molecules One Electron at a Time |
(PDF) |
| 34 |
Heteronuclear Diatomic Molecules |
(PDF) |
| 35 |
Polyatomics, Hybrids
Huckel MO Solution |
(PDF)
(PDF) |
| 36 |
Vibration-rotation Spectra |
(PDF) |