Atomic Physics

Notes from Dr Segal's Lectures

Part I
Introduction

Part II
Second Part

• One Electron Systems (Gross Structure)
  • Hydrogen Spectrum
  • Bohr Model
  • Hydrogen Schrödinger Equation
  • Solution
  • Significance of n, l and Ml
• Interaction of Radiation With Atoms
  • Spectroscopy (see the handout)
  • Einstein A and B Coefficients
  • Spectral Line Broadening
  • Selection Rules
  • Metastable States
• Hydrogen - Detailed Structure
  • ???
  • Relativistic Effects
  • Quantum Electrodynamics Effects - Lamb Shift
  • Hyperfine Structure
  • Isotopic Effects
• Two Electron Systems
  • The Schrödinger Equation for a Two Electron System
  • Wavefunctions
  • Ground State of Helium
  • Excited States of Helium
  • Perturbation Theory Using Psi-A and Psi-S
  • The Inclusion of Spin
  • The Pauli Exclusion Principle
  • Spectrum of Helium
• Many Electron Atoms
  • Schrödinger Equation
  • The Inclusion of Exchange
  • Self Consistent Field Calculation (Hartree Method)
  • Periodic Table
  • The Gross Structure of the Alkalis
  • Rydberg Atoms
• Angular Momentum in Many Electon Atoms
  • Russel Saunders Coupling Approximation
  • Allowed Terms in Russell-Saunders Coupling

This document was translated from L^AT_EX by H^EV^EA and H^AC^HA.