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PY3P05 Atomic and Nuclear Physics
Part I: Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy
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Lecturer:
o Dr. Peter Gallagher
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Email:
o [email protected]
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Web:
o www.physics.tcd.ie/people/peter.gallagher/
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Office:
o 3.17A in SNIAM
PY3P05
Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy
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15 lectures (3 per week for 5 weeks)
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Section I: Single-electron Atoms
o Review of basic spectroscopy
o Hydrogen energy levels
o Fine structure
o Spin-orbit coupling
o Nuclear moments and hyperfine structure
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Section II: Multi-electron Atoms
o Central-field and Hartree approximations
o Angular momentum, LS and jj coupling
o Alkali spectra
o Helium atom
o Complex atoms
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Section III: Molecules
o Quantum mechanics of molecules
o Vibrational transitions
o Rotational transitions
o Electronic transition
PY3P05
Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy
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Lecture notes will be posted at
http://www.tcd.ie/physics/people/peter.gallagher/lectures/js_atomic/
o Recommended Books:
o The Physics of Atoms and Quanta: Introduction to experiement and theory
Haken & Wolf (Springer)
o Quantum Physics of Atoms, Molecules, Solids, Nuclei and Particles
Eisberg & Resnick (Wiley)
o Quantum Mechanics
McMurry
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o Physical Chemistry
Atkins (OUP)
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