INTRODUCTION TO ATOMIC STRUCTURE

PHYSICS 545

Course Description

Nuclear atom; hydrogen atom; Bohr-Sommerfeld model, wave model, electron spin, description of quantum electron spin, description of quantum electrodynamic effects; external fields; many-electron atoms; central field, Pauli principle, multiplets, periodic table, x-ray spectra, vector coupling, systematics of ground states; nuclear effects in atomic spectra; interaction with coherent radiation, optical forces, laser cooling and trapping.

Prerequisties

PHYSICS 448 or concurrent enrollment, PHYSICS 531 or concurrent enrollment, or graduate/professional or special student standing

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average

3.05

-10.02% from Historical

Completion Rate

80%

-17.99% from Historical

A Rate

50%

45.54% from Historical

Class Size

-14.11% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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