Introduction And Orientation | |
The Foundations Of Quantum Mechanics | |
Operators in quantum mechanics | |
The postulates of quantum mechanics | |
The specification of evolution of states | |
Matrices in quantum mechanics | |
The plausibility of the schrodinger equation | |
Exercises | |
Linear Motion And The Harmonic Oscillator | |
The characteristics of acceptable wave functions | |
Some general remarks on the schrodinger equation | |
Translational motion | |
Penetration into and through barriers | |
Place in a box | |
The harmonic oscillator | |
Translation revisted: the scattering matrix | |
Rotational Motion And The Hydrogen Atom | |
Particle on a ring | |
Particle on a sphere | |
Particle in a coulombic field | |
Angular Momentum | |
The angular momentum operators | |
The definition of the states | |
The angular momenta of composite systems | |
Problems | |
Group Theory | |
The Symmetries of objects | |
The calculus of symmetry | |
Reduced representations | |
The symmetry properties of functions | |
The full rotation group | |
Applications | |
Techniques Of Approximation | |
Time-independent perturbation theory | |
Variation theory | |
The Hellmann-Feynman theorem | |
Time-dependent perturbation theory | |
Atomic Spectra And Atomic Structure | |
The spectrum of atomic hydrogen | |
The structure of helium | |
Many-electron atoms | |
Atoms in external fields | |
An Introduction To Molecular Structure | |
The born-oppenheimer approximation | |
Molecular orbital theory | |
Molecular orbital theory of polyatomic molecules | |
The band theory of solids | |
The Calculations Of Electronic Structure | |
The Hartree-Fock Self-consistent field method | |
Electron correlation | |
Density Functional Theory | |
Gradient Methods and Molecular Properties | |
Semiempirical methods | |
Molecular mechanics | |
Software packages for electronic structure calculations | |
Problems | |
Molecular Rotations And Vibrations | |
Spectroscopic transitions | |
Molecular rotation | |
The vibrations of diatomic molecules | |
The vibrations of polyatomic molecules | |
Appendix: Centrifugal distortion | |
Molecular Electronic Transitions | |
The states of diatomic molecules | |
Vibronic transitions | |
The electronic spectra of polyatomic molecules | |
The fates of excited species | |
The Electric Properties Of Molecules | |
The response to electric fields | |
Bulk electrical properties | |
Optical activity | |
The Magnetic Properties Of Molecules | |
The descriptions of magnetic fields | |
Magnetic Perturbations | |
Magnetic Resonance Parameters | |
Scattering Theory | |
The formulation of scattering events | |
Partical-wave stationary scattering states | |
Multichannel scattering | |
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