PHYS13069  Quantum Physics II

Not offered in 2001

This course aims to give the student sufficient background knowledge to be able to understand how features arise in simple atomic and molecular spectra. After a discussion of identical particles, the theory of one electron atoms will be developed from the motion of a particle in a central potential. This will be used as a basis to introduce the central field approximation for a treatment of multi-electron atoms. The course will conclude with a semi-qualitative discussion of diatomic molecules, their modes of excitation and simple molecular properties.

Texts: Eisberg, R.M., & Resnick, R., Quantum Physics of Atoms, Molecules, Solids, Nuclei and Particles, 2nd ed., Wiley, 1985. Eisberg, R.M., Fundamentals of Modern Physics, Wiley.