PHYS 354Atomic and Molecular Physics
- Faculty
- Science
- Offered
- Fall, Spring
- Credit
- 0.5
- Last listed
- 1988–89
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1971–72 to 1988–89; the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
The Schrédinger equation applied to simple one-and three-dimension potentials, hydrogen atoms, angular momentum and spin, molecular vibrations and rotations, many electron atoms, radiation processes. Prereq: Phys 255.
As printed in the 1972–73 to 1988–89 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original.
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In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1971–72 to 1988–89, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.
1972–73 to 1988–89 16 calendars
The Schrédinger equation applied to simple one-and three-dimension potentials, hydrogen atoms, angular momentum and spin, molecular vibrations and rotations, many electron atoms, radiation processes. Prereq: Phys 255.
Offered Fall, Spring · 3 class hours a week · 0.5 credit
1971–72 1 calendar
Titled Atomic and Molecular Physics '5* Nuclear and Particle Physics.
Schrédinger equation for the hydrogen atom and other spherical potentials. Many electron atoms: quantization of angular momentum, space quantization, normal Zeeman effect, Stark effect, spin, spin-orbit coupling, total angular momentum, Stern-Gerlach experiment, Pauli principle, periodic table, X-ray spectra. Molecular binding, rotational and vibrational spectra, application of Schrédinger equation to diatomic molecules. Lasers, principles and applications. Prerequisite: Physics 255* 2 lectures per week, fall term.
Nuclear structure. Nuclear decay and reactions. Nuclear processes in nature. Elementary particles. Particle acceleration and detection. Prerequisite: Physics 255*. 3 lectures, winter term.