Quantum Mechanics and Basic Spectroscopy

                                    (UCSC Chem 163A, Fall 2015)

Chem 163A, Basic Quantum Mechanics and Basic Spectroscopy, is an upper-division undergraduate course open to juniors and seniors with Chemistry and Biochemistry-related majors. The topics of this course cover basic concepts and theories of qunatum mechanics as well as rotational, vibrational, and electronic spectroscopies.

Section Videos (kindly filmed and provided by Gabe Mednick at UCSC)
Youtube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL32loOrHO9LC45HfqmcVnpC846-CCXKVR

Section Slides
Week #1: Kick-off, Black-body Radiation and Photoelectric Effect
Week #2: Bohr Model, de Broglie Wavelength, Uncertainty Princinple and Operators-1
Week #3: Particle-in-a-box Theory and Normalization
Week #4: Formal Postulates and Operators-2
Week #5: Harmonic Oscillator
Week #6: Rigid Rotator
Week #7: Hydrogen Atom (Part 1)
Week #8: Hydrogen Atom (Part 2) and Approximation Methods
Week #9: Many Electron Atoms
Week #10: Molecules
Week #11: Huckel Molecular Orbital Theory
Final Week: Final Review (Student Version)