BYU- Physics and Astronomy Department

PhD Prospectus- Tim Wendler

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Presentation

Intended Time line:

0-Keep a strong focus on my department tutoring responsibilities

1-Complete Course Work(2 more courses)

2-Construct and argue an effective prospectus

3-Complete PhD candidacy exam in the fall

4-Complete PhD by fall 2012

References:

Text Books

• Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Chemical Reactivity, Raphael D. Levine and Richard B. Bernstein 1987
• Chemical Kinetics and Reaction Dynamics, Paul L. Houston 2001
• Chemical Kinetics and Dynamics Second Edition, Jeffrey Steinfeld, Joseph Francisco and William Hase 1999
• Lie Groups, Physics, and Geometry, Robert Gilmore 2008

Publications

• Application of dynamical Lie Algebraic method to atom-diatomic molecule scattering,Benhui Yang, Keli Han and Shiliang Ding September 2000
• U(2) Algebraic Model Applied to Stretching Vibrational Spectra of Tetrahedral Molecules, Xi-Wen Hou and Zhong-Qi Ma, June 1997
• A comparison between algebraic models of molecular spectroscopy, R.Bijker,A. Frank,R.Lemus,J.M. Arias and F Perez-Bernal, July 1997
• Algebraic methods in quantum mechanics:from molecules to polymers, F. Iachello and S. Oss, 2002
• Berrondo's Appendix 
• Magnus Expansion  
• Wei-Norman Lie Algebra
• Magnus convergence
• Evolution operator
• Heisenberg Algebra 
• Heisenberg Forced Oscillator