31 Jan
2011
31 Jan
'11
11:06 a.m.
Dear group,
Several of you asked to be notified when I'll be teaching what topics in
Chem 243. Everyone is welcome (MW 2-3:30 Pfizer) and the plan for the next
four lectures is roughly as follows:
1. (Today) Born-Oppenheimer approximation, diabatic and adiabatic
representations, avoided crossings and conical intersections (incl.
geometric phase), chemical arrangement channels, skewed coordinates
2. (Wed) Normal modes, transition-state theory, RRKM
3. (next Mon) Wavepacket approach to photodissociation and/or reactive
scattering
4. (next Wed) Electron transfer, which basically means Marcus theory
(Subject to violent changes without notice).
After that, Sergio will be doing some electronic structure theory.
Cheers,
Ivan