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Quantum Mechanics of Molecular Structures
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30 h
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- Intermediate Level
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Syllabus
- Two major methods to determine the geometrical structure of molecules in the gas phase: molecular spectroscopy and gas electron diffraction
- How to quantize various motions of molecules, extract the quantized energy levels, and determine the geometrical structure of molecules from the spectrum
- The fundamental mechanism of electron scattering on the basis of quantum mechanics and how to determine the geometrical structure of molecules from gas electron diffraction images
Prerequisite
The basics of quantum mechanics
Instructors
Kaoru Yamanouchi
Professor of Chemistry
The University of Tokyo
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The University of Tokyo was established in 1877 as the first national university in Japan. As a leading research university, UTokyo offers courses in essentially all academic disciplines at both undergraduate and graduate levels and conducts research across the full spectrum of academic activity.
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