ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE OF MOLECULES

CHEM 115

Explores a detailed atomic and molecular view of matter and its interactions, with a specific focus on quantum theory, molecular structure, and chemical bonding. Application required for enrollment.

CHEM 675

Basic principles of quantum chemistry, exactly solvable problems, angular momentum, approximation methods, applications to electronic structure.

CHEM 763

Quantum mechanics of molecular rotation and vibration; principles of group theory; electronic, vibrational, and magnetic resonance spectroscopy in gas and condensed phases.

CHEM 562

Molecular theory: quantum chemistry, molecular structure and spectra, statistical mechanics, selected topics in the molecular theory of matter in bulk.

PHYSICS 731

Schrodinger equation, operator theory, matrix mechanics, transformation theory, Heisenberg representation, orbital angular momentum, bound-state problems, scattering theory, stationary perturbation theory, degenerate systems, time-dependent perturbation theory, Born approximation, other approximation methods. Knowledge of quantum mechanics and atomic physics (such asPHYSICS 449or531) strongly encouraged.