B.Tech Physics

PH 307                      Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy        3-0-0-6

Syllabus: Review of single electron systems; Multi-electron atoms: central-field and Hartree – Fock approximations, Thomas Fermi model, angular momentum, LS and jj coupling, Pauli exclusion principle, alkali spectra, helium atom, complex atoms; Interation with electric and magentic fields: Zeeman effect, Paschen-Back effect and Stark effect. 
  rotational spectra of diatomic molecules, infra-red spectra, diatomic vibrating rotator, vibration rotation spectra; electronic spectra of diatomic molecules, vibrational coarse structure, Franck- Condon principle, dissociation energy, rotational fine structure; Spectroscopic Techniques: Interferometers and spectrometers, FTIR, Raman, NMR and ESR spectroscopy.

Texts:

1. H. Bransden and C. J. Joachaim, Physics of Atoms and Molecules, 2^nd Edition, Pearson Education, 2007.
2. N. Banwell and E. M. McCash, Fundamentals of Molecular Spectroscopy, 4^th Edition, Tata McGraw Hill, 1995.

References:

1. E. White, Introduction to Atomic Spectra, 1^st Edition, McGraw Hill, 1934.
2. Haken and H. C. Wolf, The Physics of Atoms and Quanta: Introduction to Experiment and Theory, 7^th Edition, Springer, 2010.
3. Svanberg, Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy: Basic Aspects and Practical Applications, 4^th Edition, Springer, 2004.
4. Demtroder, Laser Spectroscopy, 4^th Edition, Springer, 2008.