UCSC
Chemistry 163A Handouts, Fall 2002

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HANDOUT DATE NEEDED FORMAT
1 Syllabus 18 September PDFPS
2 Problem Set 1 (#1-#5)
small typographical clarification, prob 5
21 Sept		 18 September PDFPS
3 Compton Scattering 20 September PDFPS
4 Indeterminancy Principle,
Diffraction of Particles,
"Which slit?"
 23 SeptemberPDFPS
5 Correspondence Principle 25 September PDFPS
6 Rydberg Constant
and Correspondence Principle
 25 September PDFPS
7 Problem Set 2 (#6-#13) 25 September PDFPS
8 Virial Theorem (optional) 25 September PDFPS
9 Heuristic Motivation
for Schrodinger Equation 		27 September PDFPS
10 Mathematical Vocabulary
for Quantum Mechanics 		27 September PDFPS
Problem Solutions #1-#3 ERes
11 Worked Example of
Normalization of a Function
 27 September PDFPS
12 Problem Set 3 (#14-#17) 2 October PDFPS
13 Particle in a box
well and misbehaved waves		 4 October PDFPS
Problem Solutions #4-#10 ERes
14 3-D Particle in a Box:
separation of variables 		9 October PDFPS
15 Problem Set 4 (#18-#22) 9 October PDFPS
16 Two-Body Problem:
reduction to center-of-mass and relative motion 		9 October PDFPS
17 Outline of Solution
of Quantum Mechanical Harmonic Oscillator 		11 October PDFPS
18 Harmonic Oscillator Wavefunctions
for non-Integer Quantum Numbers 		11 October PDFPS
Problem Solutions #11-#16 ERes
19 Some Figures for Harmonic Oscillator
and
Probabilty distribution
harmonic vs anharmonic oscillator		 11 October PDFPS
20 Problem Set 5 (#23-#27)
 16 October PDFPS
21 Spherical Polar Coordinates 18 October PDFPS
22 Rotation and Rotation-Vibration Spectra
18 October PDFPS
Problem Solutions #17-#20 ERes
Determinants
review (e.g. HW Prob 23) 		21 October ERes
23 Separation of Variables in
Schrodinger Equation for H-atom 		21 October PDFPS
24 Summary of Mathematics for
H-atom wavefunctions 		21 October PDFPS
25 [non] Wavefunctions for s-orbitals
with non-integer quantum numbers 		21 October PDFPS
26 Some additional Pictorial Representations
of Orbitals for One-electron Atoms		21 October PDFPS
27 Problem Set 6 (#28-#35) 23 October PDFPS
28 Hydrogen Atom: d orbitals 23 October PDFPS
Problem Solutions #21-#25 ERes
29 Stern-Gerlach experiment
***** semi-optional ****** 		30 October PDFPS
30 Summary of Factoids on Quantum Mechanics,
Eigenfunctions and Measurement
***** optional ****** 		30 October PDFPS
31 The Variation Method
a worked example
6 November PDFPS
Problem Solutions #26-#31 ERes
32 Spin Functions and the Pauli Exclusion Priciple
6 November PDFPS
33 Evaluation of He Excited State Energies
singlet vs triplet 		6 November PDFPS
34 Vector interpretation of two-electron
singlet and triplet spin functions 		8 November PDFPS
35 Aufbau Principle for many-electron atoms 13 November PDFPS
36 Periodic Properties
i.p.'s, e.a.'s, and radii 		13 November PDFPS
Problem Solutions #32 ERes
37 Energy contributions to
Bonding in H2+		18 November PDFPS
38 Notes on Molecular Orbital Theory18 November PDFPS
39 Molecular Orbital Theory Figures18 November PDFPS
40 Problem Set 7 (#36-#38) 20 November PDFPS
41 Born-Oppenheimer Approximation20 November PDFPS
42 Spectroscopy22 November PDFPS
43 Figures for Spectroscopy 22 November ERes
Problem Solutions #33--#35 ERes
Problem Solutions #36--#38 ERes
44 REVIEW TOPICS25 November PDFPS