• European Summerschool in Quantum Chemistry (ESQC-97)


    Tjönarp Conference Center,Sweden
    August 17 - 30, 1997
    Lecturers:
    Reinhart Ahlrichs  (Karlsruhe)	       Trygve U. Helgaker  (Oslo)
    Nicholas Handy  (Cambridge)	       Jeppe Olsen  (Lund) 
    Per-Åke Malmqvist  (Lund)	       Björn O. Roos  (Lund) 
    Roland Lindh  (Lund)	               Per Siegbahn (Stockholm)
    Andrzej Sadlej  (Lund)	               Ulf Wahlgren  (Stockholm) 
    Peter  R. Taylor  (San Diego)
    

    Curriculum:

    Theory:

    • Introduction to second quantization;
    • Mathematical tools in quantum chemistry;
    • Molecular symmetry in quantum chemistry;
    • Basis sets;
    • Integrals and integral gradients;
    • SCF methods;
    • Multiconfigurational SCF theory and multiconfigurational perturbation theory;
    • Configuration interaction and coupled cluster methods;
    • Density functional theory;
    • Gradient methods and potential surfaces.

    Applications:

    • Molecular structure and energies
    • Energy surfaces for chemical reactions
    • Spectroscopy and photochemistry
    • Molecular properties (electric and magnetic)
    • Intermolecular interactions