1. CHEM 5581: Graduate Level Quantum Chemistry Fall 2014 J. M. Weber

2. Technicalities(1) Requirements: –two semesters of undergraduate physical chemistry and graduate standing –recommended: firm grasp of algebra, complex numbers, calculus, differential equations, CHEM 5581 Class hours: MWF 09:00 am to 09:50 am Office Hours: Monday: 4 pm – 5 pm Tuesday: 1 pm – 2 pm

3. Technicalities(2) Locations: –JILA tower A709 –phone 492-7841 –email weberjm@jila.colorado.edu –web site: http://jila.colorado.edu/weberlabs/course-CHEM5581.html Exam schedule: –Two-hour exams: Sept. 30, Nov. 4, 6-8 pm, EKLC E1B20 –Final Exam: date, time, and location TBA

4. Technicalities(3) Problem sets (homework): –usually handed out (i.e. posted on course web site) on Wednesdays, to be returned the following Wednesdays before class –homework will be graded by graduate student Ben Knurr. –credits accumulated over the semester determine your homework performance grade. Everyone may drop one homework assignment without penalty. –worked solutions to problem sets will be posted on the course web page. Travel: Due to professional travel, there may be no class meetings on a few dates. Currently, no travel is planned, though …

5. Technicalities(4) Grades: –homework performance: 40% –clicker questions (participation) 5% –average of the two-hour-exams: 30% –final exam: 25% All slides and clicker questions will be posted on the course web page Literature: Ira N. Levine “Quantum Chemistry” Claude Cohen-Tannoudji et al. “Quantum Mechanics” James R. Barrante “Applied Mathematics for Physical Chemistry” Eugene Butkov “Mathematical Physics”.... Browse the library or the book store for other books that you may like...

6. Operators, Wave Function Space, Hilbert Space The Particle in a Box and in “rectangular” potentials Matrix QM and the Two-Level-System Angular Momentum and the QM H-Atom Multielectron Atoms Molecules MASTERY OF THE KNOWN UNIVERSE (aka Graduation) Wave Mechanics, Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle The Quantum Mechanical Harmonic Oscillator The Postulates of QM Approximation Methods: Variational and Perturbation Theories More Graduate Courses

7. Heinrich Hertz 1857 - 1894 Photoelectric Effect (1) Discovered in 1887: Light can lead to the emission of electrons from metal surfaces. Only the wavelength, not the intensity of the light matters!

8. Albert Einstein 1879 – 1955 Photoelectric Effect (2) Nobel Prize for Physics (1921) for explanation of the Photoelectric Effect: Light energy is quantized (see Max Planck). If the energy of a light quantum (photon) is greater than the work function of a given material, electrons will be emitted.

9. Louis Victor Pierre Raymond, 7e Duc de Broglie (1892 - 1987) Matter Waves Nobel Prize for Physics, 1922