Chem 302 Equation Sheets

Operators Commutators [ ] Ladder Operators [ ] Eigenvalue Equation ( ) ( ) Laplacian Operator ( (

Expectation values ( ) Uncertainty ( )

Particle in a 1D Box ) ( )

) Particle on a 2D surface Angular momentum Operators ( ( ( ( ( Postulates Schrodinger Equation ( ) ( Normalization Orthogonality ) ) ) ) ) ( ) ( Particle on a Ring ( ) ( ) ) ) Particle in a 3D Box ( ) ( ) ( ( ) )

Particle on a Sphere ( ( ) )

Harmonic oscillator ( ) ( ( ) )

Where

and

( )

and the normalization constant is given by: ( )

Hydrogen-like atoms ( ) ( ) ( )

Note that the Rydberg constant (R ) is the collection of constants: when = me (ie when the nuclear mass is infinite) = 1.09677 cm if the nuclear mass is that of a proton. Also note that there is an hc term needed to convert energy units from cm-1 to joules.
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Transition dipole moment

Perturbation treatment

Variational Treatment