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CHEM540

Advanced Quantum Chemistry
CHEM540 SP

Spring 97 Availability (Last Updated on Sat Mar 8 05:00:06 EST 1997 )

Section  Limit  Enrollment  Available
  01       8      5         3

Many electron wave function theory, operator formalisms and second quantization; fundamentals of restricted and unrestricted Hartree-Fock theory; electron correlation methods, pair and coupled pair theories; many-body perturbation theory and coupled-cluster theory. Suitable for advanced graduate students in physical chemistry and chemical physics.

MAJOR READINGS

Text: A. Szabo and N. Ostlund, MODERN
QUANTUM CHEMISTRY, MacMillan and Co., New York (1982)

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Weekly graded problem sets.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Specific topics covered will be adjusted for the interests and background of students enrolled.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: GR Credit: 1.00

Prerequisites: CHEM340 or PHYS315

Section 01
Petersson, G
Times: M.W.F.. 11:00AM; M...... 4:00PM;
Grading Mode: A/F
Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 1, Jr: 2, So: 0, Fr: 0
Major Preference Given

Last Updated on MAR-10-1997




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