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Introductory Quantum Mechanics II

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Instructors: Prof. Robert Field, Prof. Andrei Tokmakoff
Term: Spring 2004
Level: Graduate
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Introductory Quantum Mechanics II

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Lecture 1: Time-Independent Hamiltonian Two-Level System Density Matrix

Lecture 2: Quantum Dynamics; Time-Evolution Operator

Lecture 3: Schrödinger/Heisenberg/Interaction Pictures

Lecture 4: Time-development of State Amplitudes/Resonant Driving of Two-Level System

Lecture 5: Perturbation Theory

Lecture 6: Fermi’s Golden Rule Supplement: Slowly Applied Perturbation

Lecture 7: Irreversible Relaxation

Lecture 8: Interaction of Light and Matter Supplement: Review of Electromagnetic Fields

Lecture 9: Time-Correlation Functions

Lecture 10: Absorption Lineshape from Time-Correlation Functions

Lecture 11: Electronic Spectroscopy: The Displaced Harmonic Oscillator Model

Lecture 12: Lineshapes: Fluctuation and Relaxation

Lecture 13: Förster Theory and Marcus Theory

Lecture 14: Angular Momentum in Spherical Tensor Operations

Lecture 15: 3-j and 6-j Coefficients

Lecture 16: Hund’s Coupling Cases: Transformations of Basis Set

Lecture 17: Bright State, Dark State, Pluck

Lecture 18: Frequency Domain Spectrum as FT of Autocorrelation Function

Lecture 19: Dynamical Quantities: Visualization of Dynamics

Lecture 20: Motion of Center of Wavepacket

Lecture 21: Resonance Operators: Equation of Motion

Lecture 22: From Quantum Beats to Wavepackets

Lecture 23: Types of Wavepacket Supplement: Stationary Phase for Vibration-Electronic Spectra and Heller’s Fractionation Index

Lecture 24: Complex Energy Heff: Nondegenerate Perturbation Theory

Lecture 25: Quasi-degenerate Perturbation Theory Strong and Weak Coupling Limits

Lecture 26: Polyads, a, a⁺, N

Lecture 27: Dynamics in State Space and in Q, P Space

Lecture 28: Chem Phys Lett 320 (2000): 553 Visualizing IVR

Lecture 29: Normal - Local Modes: Classical, Morse, Minimal Model

Lecture 30: Normal - Local Modes: 6-Parameter Models

Lecture 31: From Quantum Mechanical Heff to Classical Mechanical Heff

Lecture 32: IVR, ISC, IC Extra Topics Diabatic-Adiabatic Electromagnetic Field-Dressed Potential Curves Coherent Control of Photofragment Branching Ratios