Course Catalog 2010-2011
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Course Catalog 2010-2011

KEM-5050 Spectroscopy, 6 cr

Person responsible

Nikolai Tkachenko

Requirements

Solving problems during the course and passing the final examination

Learning outcomes

knowledge of principles of quantum chemistry, and fundamentals of light-matter interactions; understanding of the origin of electronic spectra of atoms and vibrational, rotational and electronic spectra of molecules;

Content

Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. Fundamentals of quantum mechanics.     
2. Vibrational and rotations spectroscopies.     
3. Electronic spectroscopy of hydrogen atom and many-electron atoms.     
4. Chemical bonding and molecular structures.     
5. Electronic spectroscopy and computational chemistry.     

Study material

Type Name Author ISBN URL Edition, availability, ... Examination material Language
Book   Physical Chemistry   T. Engel ja P. Reid   0-8053-3842-X     1. painos, Benjamin cummings, 2006, luvut 12-29      English  
Book   Quantum Chemistry and Spectroscopy   T. Engel ja P. Reid   0-8053-3843-8     1. painos, Benjamin cummings, 2006.      English  

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Correspondence of content

Course Corresponds course  Description 
KEM-5050 Spectroscopy, 6 cr KEM-5056 Spectroscopy, 6 cr  
KEM-5050 Spectroscopy, 6 cr 35200 Spectroscopy, 4 cu  

Additional information

The course is an introduction to quantum chemistry and spectroscopy. It is intended for graduate and post graduate students, and includes subjects from quantum mechanics basics to vibrational, rotations and electronic spectroscopies and molecular modeling. The course is given in English, and will be delivered in autumn 2011.
Suitable for postgraduate studies
Will not be lectured year 2010-2011

Last modified25.02.2010