(For technical reasons, PDF files may not appear in the iframes. They can always be downloaded at the bottom of the individual webpages.)
Will be handed out before classes.
"Rotational and fine structure of open-shell molecules in nearly degenerate electronic states", [PDF (arXiv)] [PPT]
Symmetry and selection rules in molecular spectroscopy. [PDF]
Problems Sets
Final Projects
1: Spin-rotational structure of the X2E ground state of CH3O
2: L-uncoupling in RbCs.
3: Spin-Orbit (SO) and Renner-Teller (RT) effects in CaOH.
4: Rotational Structure of Electronic Transitions of Diatomic Candidate Molecules for Laser Cooling.
Online Courseware (including videos):
MIT Open Courseware: Small-Molecule Spectroscopy and Dynamics, by Prof. Dr. Robert W. Field
Fundamentals of Molecular Symmetry: an Internet Lecture Course, by Prof. Dr. Per Jensen
Free Online Books:
The Calculation of Rotational Energy Levels and Rotational Line Intensities in Diatomic Molecules, by Jon T. Hougen
The spectra and structures of simple free radicals; an introduction to molecular spectroscopy, by Gerhard Herzberg
Molecular Spectra and Molecular Structure, by Gerhard Herzberg