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PHYS3015-1  Electronic and vibrational spectroscopies
Duration :  15h Th, 15h Pr
Credits/ECTS :  
Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...)Toute l'année3
Holder(s) :  Matthieu Verstraete
Language :  French language
Course contents :  Different spectroscopic techniques are presented, with particular attention to electronic and vibrational spectroscopies. The first part of the course covers the general theory of time dependent perturbations, and the derivation of several particular cases (at least IR and optical absorption). The second half covers learning the basic usage of an ab initio spectroscopic simulation program, and the calculation of a simple spectrum, to be compared with experimental data.
Course objective :  To gain an overview of different types of spectroscopy, and a deeper understanding of 1) how they relate to theories which can predict them and 2) how one can go about simulating a spectrum in practice
Prerequisites :  Basic Physics
Quantum mechanics
Electron-EM field interactions
Workshops :  The second half of the course will be done on workstations, following on-line tutorials to learn and then use an ab initio simulation package.
Written notes :  Slides used in class are available on MyULG in pdf format (in French for the moment)

Main references:
  • JJ Sakurai Modern Quantum Mechanics, Addison Wesley 1995
  • JJ Sakurai Advanced Quantum Mechanics, Addison Wesley 1967
Assessment :  The exam is in 2 parts:
  • a written report on the simulations which were carried out
  • a 10-15 minute oral presentation (conference style)
Contacts :  Prof. Matthieu Verstraete

Universite de Liège
Institut de Physique, Bat. B5, 3/7
Allée du 6 aout, 17
B- 4000 Sart Tilman, Liège
Belgium

Phone : +32 4 366 90 17
Fax  : +32 4 366 36 29

Mail : matthieu.verstraete@ulg.ac.be(matthieu.verstraete@ulg.ac.be" target="_blank)


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