Lecture 1

Review of Quantum Mechanics

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Lecture 2

Overview of Spectroscopy

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Lecture 3

Particle in a Box

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Lecture 4

Review of Vibrational and Rotational Spectroscopy

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Spherical harmonics workshop using MAPLE: Visualize Y22, Y21, and Y20!

Lecture 5

Atoms and Atomic Spectroscopy

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Lecture 6

Atoms and Atomic Spectroscopy

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MAPLE worksheet on Radial Functions

Lecture 7

Electromagnetic and Blackbody Radiation

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Lecture 8

Vibrational Spectroscopy and Normal Modes

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Diagonalization Example

An Example Problem

Lecture 9

Spectral Broadening Mechanisms

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Lecture 10

Nomenclature and Representations of Excited States

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Lecture 11

Electrostatics

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Lecture 12

Dielectric Polarization

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Lecture 13

Perturbation Theory

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Lecture 14

Time-dependent Perturbation Theory

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Lecture 15

The Fermi Golden Rule

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Lecture 16

The Connection to Experiment

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Lecture 17

Lasers

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Lecture 18

Data_Collection

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Lecture 19

Time Correlation Function Method

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Derivation of the Absorption Intensity

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Lecture 20

Polarizability

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Lecture 21

Calculation of Raman Excitation Profiles

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Example: Polarizability of the Hydrogen Atom

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Lecture 22

Application: Myoglobin and Hemoglobin

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Porphyrin Group Theory

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Lecture 23

The Variational Principle

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Lecture 24

Density Functional Theory

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