Guia docente 2016_17 Facultade de Química

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
Electromagnetic field: equations of Maxwell.	Displacement current. Maxwell equations. Energy. Waves equations.
Quantización Of radiation. Wave-corpuscle duality	Ultraviolet catastrophe photoelectric Effect X-rays. Bragg condition. Braking radiation. Compton effect Wave-corpuscle duality
Principles of Quantum Mechanics	Limitations of Classical Physics and origin of Quantum Mechanics De Broglie Hypothesis Uncertainty Relationship Quantum Mechanics Postulates Virial Theorem
Quantum-mechanical Study of model systems	Introduction. Particle in a box of potential. Harmonic oscillator. Angular moment and rigid rotor.
Approximate methods	Introduction. Method of variations. Method of perturbations.
Hydrogen-like Atoms	Introduction. Resolution of the radial part of the equation of Schrödinger. Hydrogen-like Orbitals. Angular and magnetic moments electronic. Electronic spin. Spin-orbit coupling. Hyperfine structure. Spectra of Hydrogen-like atoms
Polielectronic atoms	Approximation of independent electrons. Antisymmetry Principle. Slater orbitals and basic functions. SCF-HF Method Terms and electronic levels. Spectra of polielectronic atoms
Statistical mechanics	Nomenclature and postulates. Canonical ensemble. Canonical partition function. Systems of non-interacting particles. Molecular partition function. Canonical partition function for a pure ideal gas. Boltzmann distribution law for non-interacting molecules. Statistical thermodynamics for ideal gases. Introduction to the study of real systems.