Subsections
[Cr:4, Lc:3, Tt:1, Lb:0]
- Multielectron atoms: Schroedinger equation for He atom, spin
wavefunction and Pauli's exclusion principle, ground state and first
excited state, complete level schemes of He, Other multielectron
atoms. Thomas-Fermi approach and Hartree-Fock approximation for
studying multi-electron atoms.
- Molecules: Hydrogen molecular ion, Hydrogen molecule, Born-Oppenheimer
approximation, Frank-Condon transition, molecular potential energy
curves, Molecular orbitals, Morse potential formalism.
- Spectroscopy of atoms and molecules: Fine and Hyperfine structure of
atoms, electronic, vibrational and rotational spectroscopy of
molecules, selection rules, some experimental techniques of
spectroscopy.
- Atom Radiation interactions: Semi-classical description of
radiation. Absorption, spontaneous and stimulated emissions,
Einstein's A and B coefficients, Coherent and Incoherent emissions,
LASERs and MASERs, Line widths, various types of line broadening,
two-level atoms in a radiation field.
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