Frontiers in Spectroscopy
Chemical Physics 880 and 880A
Winter 2010
| Instructor: Terry A. Miller | Phone: 292-2569 |
| Office: 18 Celeste Lab | email: tamiller@chemistry.ohio-state.edu |
Course Description: This course will provide students with an overview of topics on the frontier of spectroscopic research. It will exploit internationally renowned lecturers, as well as outstanding OSU faculty, to cover topics ranging from very fundamental to quite applied. General areas to be covered will include fundamental characteristics of molecular quantum structure, electromagnetics, new experimental techniques, remote sensing, ultra-high sensitivity analytical techniques, astrophysical applications, etc. It is planned that the course will be offered multiple times, with topics and speakers varying with each offering. The lecturers for the upcoming Winter quarter are listed below.
Each topic will be covered by lectures on Wednesday and Friday mornings, 9:00-10:18AM, in MP2015.
Thursdays discussions this year only will begin at 9:00-10:18AM on Thursdays in MP2015.
Prerequisites: a previous spectroscopy course at OSU in Chemistry or Physics or prior permission of the instructor
Required Text: None; suggested articles for reading will be supplied prior to the lecture on a given topic.
All readings and lecture notes will be kept current on Carmen. If you were enrolled for Frontiers this quarter, you have your normal student login and password. If you are an advisor or post-doc and would like access to the readings and notes, email Becky Gregory, gregory.10@osu.edu, and she will arrange for a login and password for this site.
List of speakers and dates scheduled:
January 6-8 John Tully
January 13-15
January 20-22
January 27-29 Brooks Pate
February 3-5
February 10-12
February 17-19 Scott Kable
February 24-26 Mack Lecture week - Do Not Schedule
March 3-5 Tom Wilson
March 10-12 Stephan Schlemmer
Grading: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory options: Class attendance and participation
Letter grade option: Class attendance and participation plus term paper
(Grades will be assigned solely by OSU faculty.)
(3 hours) Call number TBA for ChemPhys 880 (S/U option)
(3 hours) Call number TBA for ChemPhys 880 (for letter grade)