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Terminated in academic year 2023/2024

Computational Quantum Chemistry

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction English
Code 9600-0014/02
Abbreviation VKVCH
Course title Computational Quantum Chemistry
Credits 10
Coordinating department IT4Innovations
Course coordinator prof. RNDr. René Kalus, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Basic concepts and methods of quantum chemistry, selected applications using quantum chemistry software packages (Molpro, NWChem, Gaussian):
- basics of quantum theory (state, wave function, operators, Schrödinger equation)
- angular momentum and spin
- many-particle systems, identical particles
- approximate methods
- symmetry, groups of symmetry and their representations
- Hartree-Fock methods
- MO-LCAO methods, atomic basis sets
- correlation energy and post-HF methods
- DFT methods
- multiconfiguration and multireference methods
- applications (single-energy calculations, CBS extrapolations, superposition error, structure optimizations, molecular vibrations, excited states)

Literature

1. Pilar F. L., Elementary Quantum Chemistry, McGraw-Hill, New York 1990, ISBN 978-007-050-093-8 .
2. Ed. J. Grotendorst, Modern Methods and Algorithms of Quantum Chemistry, vol. 3, Juelich: NIC Series 2000 (http://www2.fz-juelich.de/nic-series/Volume1/Volume1.html)

Advised literature

1. online manuals to selected quantum chemical codes (following the individual project assignment)
2. Foresman, J.B., Frisch, A. Exploring Chemistry with Electronic Structure Methods, Gaussian Inc., Pittsburgh 1993, ISBN 0-9636769-3-8 
3. Fong, P. Elementary Quantum Mechanics, World Scientific, Singapore 2005, ISBN: 978-981-256-292-0