DAMP Physics, IITB

Instructor Name: Prof. Gopal Dixit Course Type: Theory Pre-requisites:  Quantum Mechanics 1 & 2 Course Content: 1. Fine and Hyper-fine Structure of an Atom 2. Stark and Zeeman effect 3. Many electron atoms 4. Hartree Fock Theory 5. Photoelectric Effect, Photoionization 6. Molecular Structure 7. Molecular Spectra Books: Bransden and Joachain, Physics of Atoms and Molecules Lectures: The professor used both slides and the blackboard, but slides are not very informative. No attendance policy. Assignments/Tutorials: Tutorials were given but were not properly discussed. Not difficult but often intensive in calculations.  Exams and Grading: 1 Quiz (10), 1 Midsem (25), 1 Endsem (40) and 1 Course Project (25) Pro-tips: Exams were open-notes, but relied heavily on calculations. Strict grading of exams, partial marks were not awarded. Pay attention to homework questions casually given by the Professor during class as they were usually prom...

Instructor Name:  Prof. K. G. Suresh Course Type:  Core Pre-requisites:  QM I, Perturbation Theory part of QM II Course Content:  Hydrogen, Lamb shift; Angular momentum in multi-electron atoms; atomic magnetism, Zeeman and Paschen Bach effects; Hyperfine interaction; Nuclear interaction; Atomic spectra - vibrational, rotational; basics of NMR, ESR, etc. Books:  Brandsen, Joachain - Phy of Atoms and Molecules; Cagnac and Pabey-Payroula - Modern Atomic Phy; Fano and Fano - Phy of Atoms and Molecules; Bates and Estermann - Advances in Atomic and Molecular Phy (never read any of these - mentioned in the slides as references); usual QM textbooks like Shankar and Sakurai Lectures:  Attendance not mandatory; slides are a bit of a mess - too many errors; Prof. Suresh spends too much time spending qualitative stuff and too little on the actual calculations so you won't notice the errors till you go back and actually read the slides (which ...