Frontiers in Spectroscopy

Physics 880

Winter 2002

More information to come

Course Description: This course will provide students with an overview of topics on the frontier of spectroscopic research. It will exploit internationally renowned lecturers, as well as outstanding OSU faculty, to cover topics ranging from very fundamental to quite applied. General areas to be covered will include fundamental characteristics of molecular quantum structure, electromagnetics, new experimental techniques, remote sensing, ultra-high sensitivity analytical techniques, astrophysical applications, etc. It is planned that the course will be offered multiple times, with topics and speakers varying with each offering. The lecturers for the upcoming Winter quarter are listed below.

Each topic will be covered by lectures on Wednesday and Friday mornings, 9:00-10:18AM, MP2015, with a discussion period 9:00-10:18AM on Thursdays in MP2015.

Prerequisites: Chemistry 866 or Physics 780.04 or permission of the instructor

Required Text: None; suggested articles for reading will be supplied prior to the lecture on a given topic.

Syllabus:

List of speakers and dates currently scheduled:

Leo Hollberg, National Institute of Standards and Technology (Feb. 6-8)

Reprints available in 18 Celeste; further suggested reading - A Microwave Frequency Reference..

Robert Lucht, Texas A & M University (Feb. 20-22)

Reprints available in 18 Celeste; a short description of the density matrix formulism is also available.

Reading materials are first TWO chapters of the book "Molecular Symmetry and Spectroscopy" by P. R. Bunker and Per Jensen
Click on "Table of Contents" then click on the titles given underlined for Chapters 1 and 2. (Chapters 3 and 4 are also available free of charge for the keen student; really keen students ought to buy the book.)

John Hepburn, University of British Columbia (Mar. 6-8)

Grading: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory options: Class attendance and participation

Letter grade option: Class attendance and participation plus term paper

(Grades will be assigned solely by OSU faculty.)
 

Call number: 19330-0 (S/U option)

Call number: 19329-1 (letter grade option - prerequisite=a previous spectroscopy course at OSU in Chemistry or Physics or prior permission of the instructor)