<p>Lecture, four hours. Designed for departmental graduate students. Quantum mechanical topics in areas of interest for astrophysics applications. Hydrogen atom, radiative transitions, complex atoms, molecular spectroscopy including electronic, vibrational, and rotational transition, nuclear reaction theory. Letter grading.</p>

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Quantum Mechanics for Astrophysics

ASTR281

4 units