SUBJECT

Title

Quantum Mechanics of Molecular Rotations

Type of instruction

lecture

Level

Master

Faculty

Faculty of Science

Part of degree program

Chemistry MSc

Credits

Recommended in

Semester 3

Typically offered in

Autumn semester

Course description

Angular momentum algebra; group theory of rotations; Euler-angles and direction cosines; coupling of angular momenta; Clebsch-Gordan coefficients; rotational matrices; Wigner-matrices; energy levels and wave functions of rigid rotators; selection rules; deviations from the rigid rotor model; ab initio rotational spectroscopy.

Readings

Compulsory:

Császár Attila: Lecture notes (xerox copy, library of ELTE TTK KI).

Suggested:

Harry W. Kroto: Molecular Rotation Spectra, Wiley: London, 1975
Richard N. Zare: Angular Momentum: Understanding Spatial Aspects in Chemistry and Physics, Wiley-Interscience: New York, 1988
P. R. Bunker and P. Jensen, Molecular Symmetry and Spectroscopy, 2nd edition, NRC Research Press: Ottawa, 1998