KEMS4170 Fundamentals of electronic structure theory (5 op)
Osaamistavoitteet
The course aims at providing the student with a detailed understanding of modern quantum chemistry methods and the necessary skills to apply these methods in a meaningful way to chemical problems.
Suoritustavat
The students will carry out a one-to-two week Computational Chemistry project in which he or she will apply quantum chemistry methods to reproduce results from older literature and validate those findings with more advanced calculations that possible on today's computer hardware.
The student will write a report about this project, in which also the methods are discussed and motivated.
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Mathematical foundations of quantum chemical methods, Hartree Fock Theory, Perturbation Theory, Configuration Interaction, Density functional theory, semi empirical methods (MNDO, AM1, PM3), Quantum Monte Carlo.
In addition practical skills in performing calculations will be trained in two tutorial sessions.
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28 lecture hours and 4 demo hours.
Oppimateriaalit
Handouts & textbook
Kirjallisuus
ISBN-numero | Tekijä, julkaisuvuosi, teoksen nimi, julkaisija |
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0486691861 | Attila Szabo, Neil S. Ostlund, Modern Quantum Chemistry, 1989, Dover Books |
Arviointiperusteet
To pass the course, the students needs to demonstrate in the report and discussion that he or she understands the basic concepts and can motivate the choice of the method used in the project.
Arvosanakohtaiset arviointiperusteet
Pass: Understanding of the basic concepts, demonstrated skill to choose a method and perform the computation.
Fail: No understanding
Esitietovaatimukset
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