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. Hibbs