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Prerequisites: CHM 521A/600A 

Course Contents

• Recapitulations of basic concepts of Quantum Mechanics
• Approximation methods: Time-dependent Perturbation Theory and Dirac-Frenkel variational method with applications in reaction dynamics.
• Statistical perspectives of quantum dynamics for composite quantum systems
• Density matrix theories for open quantum systems
• The path integral approach and its applications in chemistry
• Introduction to relativistic quantum mechanics.
• Trajectory picture of quantum dynamics
• Applications:
  • Chemical Dynamics theory
  • Radiation-matter interaction
  • Matters under strong external fields: Attosecond spectroscopy