This syllabus is valid: 2007-07-02
and until further notice
Course code: 5FY006
Credit points: 7.5
Education level: First cycle
Main Field of Study and progress level:
Physics: First cycle, has at least 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
Grading scale: Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail
Responsible department: Department of Physics
Contents
Atomic and molecular physics is of fundamental importance in an education in physics. To start with, it is the most direct, concrete application of quantum mechanics. Thus, it promotes the understanding of, and concretizes the importance of quantum mechanics. Moreover, fundamental atomic and molecular structure is the basics for all that we know about matter. In order to understand e.g. condensed matter, nuclear physics and particle physics, one must first learn the basics in atomic and molecular physics. Included in the course will be fundamental atomic and molecular structure. Systems will be treated with an increasing level of complexity. First, we go through the hydrogen atom, thereafter helium, alkali atoms and other atoms. A concrete application of perturbation theory is given when one starts with a central field approximation and then step by step introduces orbital angular momentum, spin, spin-orbit interaction, nuclear effects and the influences of external fields. The treated molecules are to start with diatomic. Bond mechanisms such as ionic bonds and covalent bonds are introduced and placed on a quantum mechanical footing. Vibrational and rotational structure is treated, as is the Born-Oppenheimer approximation. At the end of the course, we treat polyatomic molecules.
Foot Christopher J. Atomic physics Oxford : Oxford University Press : 2005 : xiii, 331 s. : ISBN: 0-19-850695-3 (inb.) Search the University Library catalogue
Demtröder Wolfgang Molecular physics : theoretical principles and experimental methods Weinheim : Wiley-VCH : 2005 : xiv, 470 s. : ISBN: 3-527-40566-6 Search the University Library catalogue
Demtröder W. Atoms, molecules and photons : an introduction to atomic-, molecular- and quantum-physics 2nd ed. : Heidelberg : Springer : 2010. : xvii, 589 p. : ISBN: 9783642102974 (hbk.) Search the University Library catalogue
Molecular quantum mechanics Atkins P. W., Friedman R. S. 5. ed. : Oxford : Oxford University Press : 2011 : xii, 537 s. : ISBN: 978-0-19-954142-3 (pbk.) Search the University Library catalogue
Molecular quantum mechanics Atkins Peter W., Friedman Ronald S. 4. ed. : Oxford : Oxford University Press : 2005 : xiv, 573 s. : ISBN: 0-19-927498-3 (ISBN-10) Search the University Library catalogue
Demtröder Wolfgang Molecular physics : theoretical principles and experimental methods Weinheim : Wiley-VCH : 2005 : xiv, 470 s. : ISBN: 3-527-40566-6 Search the University Library catalogue
Foot Christopher J. Atomic physics Oxford : Oxford University Press : 2005 : xiii, 331 s. : ISBN: 0-19-850695-3 (inb.) Search the University Library catalogue
