SUBJECT
Title
Atomic and molecular physics
Type of instruction
lecture + practical
Level
master
Faculty
Part of degree program
Credits
4
Recommended in
Semester 1
Typically offered in
Autumn semester
Course description
- Basics of quantum mechanical many-body theory
- Perturbation theory, variational methods
- Atoms with several electrons
- Hartree-Fock approximation
- Theoretical basics of molecules
- Diatomic and polyatomic molecules
- Interaction of atoms and molecules with magnetic fields
- Interactions between atoms and molecules
Readings
recommended readings:
- L D Landau,E. M. Lifshitz, Quantum Mechanics, 3rd Edition (Non-Relativistic Theory) (Elsevier, 2013)
- Haken, H., Wolf, H.C., The Physics of Atoms and Quanta – Introduction to Experiments and Theory (Springer, 2005)
- Haken, H., Wolf, H.C., Molecular Physics and Elements of Quantum Chemistry – Introduction to Experiments and Theory (Springer, 2004)