Subsections
[Cr:4, Lc:3, Tt:0, Lb:0]
- Theory of emission and absorption of radiation, symmetry property of
wave functions, the Boltzmann distribution, selection rules, induced
emission and induced absorption, integrated absorption coefficient.
- Rotational spectroscopy: Linear polyatomic molecules, symmetric top
molecules, asymmetric top molecules, Stark effect, quadrupole
hyperfine interaction, rotational spectrum of polyatomic molecules,
molecular rotation-nuclear-spin coupling, derivation of selection
rules.
- Vibrational spectroscopy: Interaction of vibration and rotation,
vibrations of polyatomic molecules, normal modes and normal
coordinates, quantum-mechanical treatment of vibrations of polyatomic
molecules.
- Rotational-vibrational spectroscopy: Influence of rotation on the
spectra of polyatomic molecules, theoretical model for describing
ro-vibrational spectra, selection rules and transitions, coupling of
rotation and vibration, quantum-mechanical description.
- Electronic spectroscopy of diatomic molecules, the vibrational
structure of electronic bands, rotational structure of electronic
bands, electronic states of atoms, electron orbitals and electronic
states in diatomic molecules, potential energy curves for electronic
states of diatomic molecules
- Magnetic resonance spectroscopy: Nuclear spin interactions,
quantum-mechanical description of NMR interactions, basic principles
of pulse-NMR, description of simple experiments such as
cross-polarization, INEPT and DEPT experiments, introduction to
dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) experiments.
- P. F. Bernath, Spectra of Atoms and Molecules, 2nd Ed, Oxford
University Press, USA (1995). J. M. Hollas, Modern
Spectroscopy, 4th Ed, John Wiley & Sons Inc, England (2004).
- D. C. Harris, M. D. Bertolucci, Symmetry and Spectroscopy: An
introduction to Vibrational and Electronic Spectroscopy, 1st Ed,
Dover Publications, New York (1989).
