{"id":550,"date":"2019-07-10T11:22:11","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T03:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quantum.ch.ntu.edu.tw\/ycclab\/?page_id=550"},"modified":"2019-08-12T22:39:44","modified_gmt":"2019-08-12T14:39:44","slug":"a-summer-short-course-on-quantum-dynamics-and-spectroscopy-2019","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/quantum.ch.ntu.edu.tw\/ycclab\/a-summer-short-course-on-quantum-dynamics-and-spectroscopy-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"A Summer Short Course on Quantum Dynamics and Spectroscopy (2019)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 id=\"firstHeading\" class=\"firstHeading\" lang=\"en\"><\/h1>\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<p>This is to be a short course of 8 lectures that provide a general overview of time-dependent quantum mechanics and approximation methods useful in descriptions of excitation energy transfer and electron transfer in condensed-phase molecular systems. A density-matrix approach will be emphasized, and the content will consist of developments of theoretical methods that have broad applications in physical chemistry. A time-dependent approach to linear spectroscopy and a brief introduction to nonlinear spectroscopy will also be presented.<\/p>\n<h2>CEIBA Website<\/h2>\n<p>https:\/\/ceiba.ntu.edu.tw\/000SSCQDaS2019<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"Tentative_Schedule_.26_Topics\" class=\"mw-headline\">Tentative Schedule &amp; Topics<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Each meeting will be about 2 hours, and the lectures will focus on covering the principle theoretical ideas in each topic listed in the following:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Time-dependent perturbation theory (8\/13, 2:00PM, Rm. 121)<\/li>\n<li>Fermi&#8217;s golden rule and density matrix formalism (8\/15, 2:00PM, Rm. 217)<\/li>\n<li>System-bath model and quantum master equations (8\/16, 2:00PM, Rm. 217)<\/li>\n<li>Time-correlation functions (8\/19, 2:00PM, Rm. 121)<\/li>\n<li>Redfield theory for excitation energy transfer &amp; electron transfer (8\/23, 2:00PM, Rm. 217)<\/li>\n<li>Time-domain description of linear spectroscopy (8\/30, 2:00PM, Rm. 217)<\/li>\n<li>Introduction to nonlinear spectroscopy (9\/3, 4:00PM, Rm. 121)<\/li>\n<li>Two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy (9\/6, 2:00PM, Rm. 217)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<h2><span id=\"Location\" class=\"mw-headline\">Location<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>121 Chemistry Building (8\/13, 8\/19, 9\/3)<\/li>\n<li>217 Chemistry Building (8\/15, 8\/16, 8\/23, 8\/30, 9\/6)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span id=\"Reference_Materials\" class=\"mw-headline\">Reference Materials<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span id=\"Prof._Tokmakoff.27s_online_course_.40_U._Chicago\" class=\"mw-headline\">Prof. Tokmakoff&#8217;s online course @ U. Chicago<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a class=\"external free\" href=\"http:\/\/tdqms.uchicago.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/tdqms.uchicago.edu\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"external free\" href=\"http:\/\/tdqms.uchicago.edu\/page\/tdqms-notes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/tdqms.uchicago.edu\/page\/tdqms-notes<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Schatz_.26_Ratner.27s_.22Quantum_Mechanics_in_Chemistry.22\" class=\"mw-headline\">Schatz &amp; Ratner&#8217;s &#8220;Quantum Mechanics in Chemistry&#8221;<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>by George C. Schatz (Author), Mark A. Ratner (Author)<br \/>\nPublisher: Dover Publications<br \/>\nISBN: 978-0486420035<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"Prerequisites\" class=\"mw-headline\">Prerequisites<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Attendants should have been familiar with notions of time-independent quantum mechanics such as<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Time-independent Schrodinger equation &amp; simple quantum systems<\/li>\n<li>Dirac notation &amp; basics of matrix mechanics<\/li>\n<li>Operators, second quantization notations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The followings are some good references:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/vergil.chemistry.gatech.edu\/notes\/quantrev\/quantrev.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">C. David Sherrill&#8217;s A Brief Review of Elementary Quantum Chemistry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.falstad.com\/mathphysics.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Math, Physics, and Engineering Applets<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freescience.info\/go.php?pagename=books&amp;id=1952\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Mathematical methods for physicists: A concise introduction<\/a>: a good math reference book, and it is free!<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theophys.kth.se\/mathphys\/schrodinger.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Quantum Mechanics with MATLAB<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gmi.edu\/acad\/scimath\/appmath\/maple\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Maple tutorial site<\/a>\u00a0written by Prof. Kevin G. TeBeest, Applied Mathematics, Kettering University<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/mathworld.wolfram.com\/DeltaFunction.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Delta Function<\/a>: A brief introduction to Dirac delta function on the\u00a0<a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/mathworld.wolfram.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Wolfram MathWorld website<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is to be a short course of 8 lectures that provide a general overview of time-dependent quantum mechanics and approximation methods useful in descriptions of excitation energy transfer and electron transfer in condensed-phase molecular systems. 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