Small-Molecule Spectroscopy and Dynamics (MIT 5.80)
by Robert Field · MIT OpenCourseWare
Gas-phase spectroscopy of small molecules: effective Hamiltonian models for rotational, vibrational and electronic structure, selection rules and intensities, assigning non-textbook spectra, Born-Oppenheimer breakdown, perturbation theory and Walsh diagrams. Provides 38 lecture videos, 49 lecture note files, problem sets with solutions and exams.
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