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Course Name	Turkish	Atom ve Molekül Fiziği I
	English	Physics of Atoms and Molecules
Course Code	FIZ 456	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	8	3	3	-	-
Course Language		Turkish
Course Coordinator		Ali Gelir
Course Objectives		1)Calculating, the energy levels, degeneracy, spin and angular momentum, coupling of the momentums, spectrum of the atoms’ ranging from hydrogen to many electron atoms, directly or by using approximations. 2)To investigate the contexture of bonds of molecules and their spectrums.
Course Description		Thomson’s, Rutherford’s, Bohr’s atomic models and quantum atomic model, atomic spectra. For one-electron atoms; time-independent Schrödinger equation summary. Stern-Gerlach experiment, orbital magnetic dipole moment, electron’s spin, spin-orbit interaction. Hydrogen energy levels. For many-electron atoms; exclusion principle, exchange interactions. Helium atom, Hartree-Fock theory, fundamental levels. Periodic table, alkali atoms, LS and JJ coupling, energy levels of carbon atoms. Zeeman effect. Bonds and spectrums of molecules.
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