CHEMISTRY 6854 HANDOUTS

DATE

HANDOUT

Mon 25 Jan

Course lecture syllabus

Mon 1 Feb

Supplement 1: derivation of 1-D wave equation

Mon 15 Feb (?)

Supplement 2: 2D particle in a box- the porphyrin case

Fri 26 Feb

Supplement 3: the quantum postulates summarized

Mon 7 March

Supplement 4: the quantum harmonic oscillator

Mon 7 March

Supplement 5: the classical rigid rotor in 1 and 2D

 

Supplement 6: the quantum rigid rotor in 1 and 2D

Mon 21 March

Supplement 7: pathway to the Schrodinger solution for the H atom

Mon 4 April

Supplement 8: Variational and Peturbation Approximation Methods: Overview of `Practical’ Quantum Methods

 

Supplement 9: A Deeper Look at the Variational Principle

 

Guided Practice 1: adjustable parameter variational example

 

Maple output connected with Guided Practice 1

 

Guided Practice 2: Secular determinant variational example

Wed 27 April

First Law problems part 1 & 2

 

First Law problems part 1 & 2 answers

 

Supplement 10 Entropic cycles for reversible and irreversible adiabatic changes

 

First and Second Law Q and A

Wed 4 May

Summary of Oral Final Topical coverage