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- Electronic Spectrum of a Transition Metal Complex This exercise has to do with the interpretation of the visible spectrum Ti(H20)63+ which is shown below.
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- A Really Simple SCF Calculation Selfconsistent field calculations have great historical significance and play a major role in
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- The Difference Between Fermions and Bosons n 1 1 n 2 2 ( )x .2 sin ..n 1 x ( )x .2 sin ..n 2 x
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- Five Trial Wavefunctions for two-electron Atoms and Ions The purpose of this exercise is to examine five trial wavefunctions for the helium atom and several
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- Fifth Trial Wavefunction exp -r1( ) exp -r2( ) exp -r1( ) exp -r2( )+( ) 1 b r12+( )=
- Commentary on "Probing the Orbital Energy of an Electron in an Atom"
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- Td -Tetrahedral Symmetry for P4 The following Raman and IR frequencies have been observed for the tetrahedral P4 molecule. Is the assignment of
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- Quantum Tunneling in Coordinate, Momentum and Phase Space Frank Rioux
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- NOTES AND DISCUSSIONS KronigPenney model with the tail-cancellation method
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- The Repackaging of Quantum Weirdness Frank Rioux
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- The Dirac Notation Applied to Variational Calculations The particle-in-a-box problem is exactly soluble and the solution is calculated below for the first 20 eigenstates.
- Raising & Lowering; Creating & Annihilating Frank Rioux
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- Matrix Mechanics Frank Rioux
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- Using a Mach-Zehnder Interferometer to Illustrate Feynman's Sum Over Histories Approach to Quantum Mechanics
- Quantized Gravitational States A Variational Approach
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- Wigner Distribution for the Double Slit Experiment Illumination of a double slit with a coherent incident particle beam leads to a "cat state" which can be represented by
- Wigner Distribution for the Particle in a Box The Wigner function is a quantum mechanical phase-space quasi-probability function. It is called a
- A Graphical Illustration of the Heisenberg Uncertainty Relationship Frank Rioux
- The Harmonic Oscillator and the Uncertainty Principle Schroedinger's equation in atomic units (h = 2) for the harmonic oscillator has an exact analytical
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- Quantum Corrals: Electrons in a Ring Frank Rioux
- Wave-particle Duality and the Uncertainty Principle Nick Herbert, author of Quantum Reality, has proposed the name quon for "any entity that exhibits both wave
- Quantum Mechanical Pressure Frank Rioux
- Analysis of the Stern-Gerlach Experiment Using Matirx Mechanics Frank Rioux
- The de Broglie-Bohr Model for the Hydrogen Atom = de Broglie's hypothesis that
- The deBroglie-Bohr Model for the Hydrogen Atom = de Broglie's hypothesis that
- The deBroglie-Bohr Model for a Hydrogen Atom Held Together by a Gravitational Interaction = de Broglie's hypothesis that
- Atomic Spectroscopy and the Correspondence Principle Frank Rioux
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- The Hyperfine Splitting in the Deuterium Atom Frank Rioux
- Why Isn't the Ground State Electronic Structure of the Lithium Atom 1s3? The purpose of this tutorial is to point out that if all that mattered in the determination of atomic structure was
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- Quantum Chemistry Computer Laboratory VII Approximate Methods: Variational Calculations for Two-electron Species
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- Third Trial Wavefunction exp -r1( ) exp -r2( ) exp -r1( ) exp -r2( )+=
- Fourth Trial Wavefunction r( ) exp -r1 r2+( ) 1 r12+( )=
- A Mechanistic Approach to Bond Formation in H2 Frank Rioux
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- A Simple Electrostatic Critique of VSEPR Frank Rioux
- Tangent Spheres Model (TSM) Calculation for Trigonal Bipyramid Electron Pair Geometry Frank Rioux
- A Modified Tangent Spheres Model (TSM) Calculation for Trigonal Bipyramid Electron Pair Geometry
- Huckel Molecular Orbital Theory for Buckminsterfullerene 1. Number the carbons after inspection of the molecular structure and fill in data needed below.
- Chemical Bonding and Electronic Structure of Buckminsterfullerene As is well-known C60 resembles an American soccerball, containing 12 pentagons and
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- Semi-emprical Molecular Orbital Calculation on HF Calculate the wavefunctions and energies of the orbitals in the HF molecule, taking = -1.0 eV. The values
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- Quantum Jumps for an Electron in a One-dimensional Box The phrases "quantum jump" and "quantum leap" are used in everyday discourse. This disguises
- Quantum Beats Frank Rioux
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- ABC Proton NMR Using Tensor Algebra Frank Rioux
- The Michelson Interferometer and Fourier Transform Spectroscopy A Michelson interferometer with a movable mirror in one arm is an essential element in Fourier Transform (FT)
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- Calculating the Airy Diffraction Pattern Frank Rioux
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- X-ray Crystallography from a Quantum Mechanical Perspective Frank Rioux
- Group Theory for Dodecahedrane When Paquette's group synthesized dodecahedrane, C20H20, they measured its infrared and Raman spectra (JACS 1983,
- Symmetry, Spectroscopy, and the Molecular Structure of XeF4 The infrared spectrum of XeF4 has absorptions at 161, 291, and 586 cm-1 (two bends, one stretch), while the Raman
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- Symmetry Analysis for Tetrahedrane Tetrahedrane, C4H4, belongs to the Td point group. Use group theory to predict the number of IR and Raman
- D3h Symmetry -C3H6 The following IR and Raman spectroscopic data is available for cyclopropane, C3H6. Demonstrate that this data is consistent
- Group Theory Problems The following table shows the vibrational frequencies of CH4. Assuming CH4 belongs to the Td point group, fill in
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- Polarized Light and the Quantum Superposition Frank Rioux
- Polarized Light and Quantum Mechanics Introduction
- Matrix Mechanics Approach to Polarized Light Frank Rioux
- Matrix Mechanics Exercises Using Polarized Light Frank Rioux
- Neutron Interferometry with Polarized Spin States Frank Rioux
- Interaction Free Measurement: Seeing in the Dark Frank Rioux
- Analysis of a Twophoton Interferometer Frank Rioux
- Two-photon Interference: A Matrix Mechanics Approach prepared by
- Twoelectron Interference Frank Rioux
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- Quantum Teleportation: A Brief Outline Frank Rioux
- Quantum Teleportation at a Glance Frank Rioux
- Quantum Teleportation Examined with Tensor Algebra Frank Rioux
- GHZ Appendix This appendix show another way of "doing the math" in the GHZ experiment.
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- A GHZ Example Using Spatial Degrees of Freedom and Tensor Algebra Frank Rioux
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- Another Assault on Local Realism Frank Rioux
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- Matrix Math for Qubit Quantum Mechanics... by Enrique Galvez, AJP 78, 510-519 (2010) Prepared by Frank Rioux
- Implementation of Deutsch's Algorithm Using Mathcad Frank Rioux
- Solving Schrodinger's Equation Numerically Using Mathcad Solving Schrodinger's equation is the primary task of chemists in the field of quantum chemistry. However, exact solutions for
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- A Rudimentary Model for Alpha Decay Frank Rioux
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- Global Thermodynamic Analysis of Heat Engines Frank Rioux
- Using Charles' Law to Determine Absolute Zero A simple experiment to determine absolute zero using Charles' Law is illustrated below. An erlenmeyer
- Frank Rioux Saint John's University, Collegeville,MN 56321
- pH 2.188=pH log 6.49 10 The last row contains the physically meaningful solution to the fifth order polynomial that is solved. The pH of this solution
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- Chem. Educator 2004, 9, 353355 353 Kinetic Energy is Important in the Nanoscale World
- Bohr Model Calculations for Atoms and Ions Frank Rioux
- Examining the Wigner Distribution Using Dirac Notation Frank Rioux
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- The Harmonic Oscillator and the Uncertainty Principle In atomic units the wave function in coordinate space for an harmonic oscillator with reduced mass, ,
- The Onedimensional Hydrogen Atom with a Delta Function Potential Energy Interaction Between the Proton and Electron
- Variational Calculations on the Lithium Atom The electronic structure of lithium is 1s 22s1. The hydrogenic 1s and 2s orbitals are as follows
- Quantum Correlations Illuminated Using Tensor Algebra Frank Rioux
- Another Assault on Local Realism Frank Rioux
- Two Analyses of the Michelson Interferometer Frank Rioux
- A Brief Analysis of Mermin's GHZ Thought Experiment Frank Rioux
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