Lecture schedule for Prof. Klaus Müller-Dethlefs at Manchester University
2018 Summer
1. Quantum Mechanics (Open for all, 12 hours)
| Date |
Time |
Location |
Contents |
| July 11 |
3:00pm-6:00pm |
基础学科大楼（仲英楼B-245） |
- The failure of classical physics
- Planck’s quantized oscillator
- Einstein’s explanation of the photoelectric Effect
- de Broglie’s Particle wave—duality
|
| July 12 |
3:00pm-6:00pm |
基础学科大楼（仲英楼B-245） |
- Heisenberg uncertainty principle
- How to guess the Schroödinger Equation
- Schrödinger equation for the free particle
- Particle in a box model
- Particle on a ring model
|
| July 13 |
3:00pm-6:00pm |
基础学科大楼（仲英楼B-245） |
- Particle on a sphere model
- The spherical harmonics functions
- Solutions for hydrogenic atoms
- Radial functions
|
| July 16 |
9:00am-12:00am |
基础学科大楼（仲英楼B-245） |
- Rigid rotor model
- Harmonic oscillator model
- Molecular orbitals and photoelectron spectroscopy
|
2. English discussion and group work (one year students prefer, 16 hours)
| Date |
Time |
Location |
Contents |
| July 16 |
3:00pm-6:00pm |
基础学科大楼（仲英楼B-245） |
Reading of English newspaper articles; writing of short report about it from memory; group discussion about content and context. |
| July 17 |
3:00pm-6:00pm |
基础学科大楼（仲英楼B-245） |
Group discussion about the British University system. |
| July 18 |
3:00pm-6:00pm |
基础学科大楼（仲英楼B-245） |
Reading of English newspaper article about European Union: what are the key statements and key words? Group discussion about European Union and connections to China. |
| July 19 |
3:00pm-6:00pm |
基础学科大楼（仲英楼B-245） |
Reading of newspaper articles about the Football World Cup in Russia and video analysis. |
| July 20 |
2:30pm-6:30pm |
基础学科大楼（仲英楼B-245） |
Reading of newspaper articles and group discussion. |
Prof. Klaus Müller-Dethlefs brief CV:
Chaired Professor Klaus Müller-Dethlefs obtained his Ph.D degree in 1979 at Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Imperial College, University of London. In 1985 he became the Professeur invité at the Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France.
He was the Founding-Director of The Photon Science Institute and is Chair of Physics and Chair of Chemistry, at the University of Manchester, UK. He was a visiting Professor in many world leading institutions. In 2004, he was elected the Fellow of The Institute of Physics. He was also the Chairman or Co-Chair of many world famous conferences, such as the Gordon Research Conference. He won the Rudolf-Kaiser-Preis in 1994, the Herzberg Memorial Prize in 2001, and the Miller Award (University of California, Berkeley) in 2007. Prof. Klaus published more than hundred-fifty publications in top international journals, gave over three hundred invited and plenary lectures at international scientific conferences, including many Gordon Research Conferences, and more than two hundred invited seminars at scientific institutions all over the world.
