Chem 687: Molecular Quantum Mechanics and Spectroscopy

Course Announcement

Syllabus

(For technical reasons, PDF files may not appear in the iframes. They can always be downloaded at the bottom of the individual webpages.)

Lecture Notes

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

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• 3

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

1. Volume I.

2. Volume II.

3. Volume III.

4. Volume IV.