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UCI Chem 131A Quantum Principles (Winter 2013)
Lec 22. Quantum Principles -- The Born-Oppenheimer Approximation and H2+  --
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Instructor: A.J. Shaka, Ph.D

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Description: This course provides an introduction to quantum mechanics and principles of quantum chemistry with applications to nuclear motions and the electronic structure of the hydrogen atom. It also examines the Schrödinger equation and study how it describes the behavior of very light particles, the quantum description of rotating and vibrating molecules is compared to the classical description, and the quantum description of the electronic structure of atoms is studied.

Recorded on March 03, 2014.

Index of Topics:
1:03 The Born-Oppenheimer Approximation
4:09 Notation
6:14 Born-Oppenheimer Approximation
7:55 The Wavefunction Factorizes
9:52 The Electronic Hamiltonian
11:06 Potential Surfaces
12:43 H2+
22:43 Variational Approach For H2+
28:39 Matrix Elements
32:06 The Energy Functional
34:13 Applying the Variational Principle
41:04 Back to H2+
42:28 Practice Problem 28

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