Quantum Mechanics Courseflow

A course in Quantum Mechanics

Let's turn this on its head!

Solved Problems as Precursors to Spectroscopy

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Electron Spin Resonance

Rotational spectroscopy

Particle on a Ring & Rigid Rotor

Rydberg states, X-Ray Fluorescence

UV-Vis for conjugated hydrocarbons

Particle in a Box

Hydrogenic Atom

Vibrational infrared spectroscopy

Electron Impact, Mass Spec, Scattering

Harmonic Oscillator

Free Particle

Reimagined, by John Harkless

Math Review (Optional)

Tables of integrals and integration tricks

Operators, eigen-stuff, and orthonormality

Variance, standard deviations and uncertainty

When classical mechanics fails, we need quantum mechanics!

Quantization of energy

Wave-particle duality

Ultraviolet catastrophe

Spectroscopic Methods

Analytically Solvable Problems

Electron Impact, Mass Spec, Scattering

The Free Particle

UV-Vis for conjugated hydrocarbons

The Particle in a Box

Rotational microwave spectroscopy

The Particle on a Ring

The Rigid Rotor

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Electron Spin Resonance

The Harmonic Oscillator

Vibrational infrared spectroscopy

The Hydrogenic Atom

Rydberg states, X-Ray Fluorescence

Methods of Approximation

Perturbation Theory

Variational Theory

(Time permitting)

Time-dependent QM

Wavepackets and time evolution operators

Advanced MO Theory

Computational Quantum Chemistry