Outline of the Lectures on:

Atomic Quantum Mechanics

I. Electromagnetic Radiation

A. Wave Equation & Solutions (classical) -- card 6,
Figures 6.1-6.4

B. Scattering & Diffraction -- cards 7-9

C. Spectroscopy & Bohr Atom Model -- Figures 10.1-10.2, Figures
12.1-12.2

II. Wave-Particle Duality

A. Diffraction of Particles ("waves") -- card 14 -- Figures 14.1, 14.2

B. Photoelectric Effect ("photons") -- card 15 -- Figure 15.1

I & II provide for "The Birth of Quantum Mechanics"

III. Quantum Mechanics

A. "Free-Particle" Schrodinger Equation & Solutions

B. "Bound-Particle" Schrodinger Equation & Solutions for a "Particle-
in-a-Box" and the Hydrogen Atom (H-atom) -- cards(set2)2-4 --
Figure (set2)4.1

C. Energy Levels vs. Wave-Functions
  1. Heisenberg Uncertainty, Schrodinger/"Particle-in-a-Box" --
    Figure (Set 2)5.1
    "Particle-in-a-Box"
    Mathematica files

  2. hydrogen atom -- cards (set2) 7-12 -- Figures (set 2) 12.1-12.2

  3. l=0, l=1, l=2 Hydrogen Atom Wave Functions -- cards (set 2) 13-19
    l=0 Hydrogen Atom Mathematica files
    l=1 Hydrogen Atom Mathematica files
    l=2 Hydrogen Atom Mathematica files
D. "electron spin" -- card (set 2) 20

IV. "Heavy-Atoms, z (at.no.) > 1"

Aufbau Principle -- cards (set 2)24-26, Figures (set 2)23.1-23.5,
Figures (set 2)27.1-27.4

V. "Periodic Trends"

VI. Suggested Text Problems -- card (set2)29


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