CHM 667A - Quantum Dynamics in Chemistry
Prerequisites: CHM 521A/600A
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Course Contents
- Recapitulations of basic concepts of Quantum Mechanics
- Approximation methods: Time-dependent Perturbation Theory and Dirac-Frenkel variational method with applications in reaction dynamics.
- Statistical perspectives of quantum dynamics for composite quantum systems
- Density matrix theories for open quantum systems
- The path integral approach and its applications in chemistry
- Introduction to relativistic quantum mechanics.
- Trajectory picture of quantum dynamics
- Applications:
- Chemical Dynamics theory
- Radiation-matter interaction
- Matters under strong external fields: Attosecond spectroscopy
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Books and References
- Quantum Mechanics, Albert Messiah
- Modern Quantum Mechanics, J. J. Sakurai
- Quantum Dynamics, E. Bittner
- Quantum Mechanics, E. Merzbacher
- Quantum Mechanics and path integrals, R. P. Feynman and A. R. Hib