39. Quantum effects on the rotational modes of homogeneous diatomic molecules
Channel: Mark Ancliff
Date: 2014-12-04

This is a (revised) video of part of a lecture course in thermal and statistical physics I taught at the Catholic University of Korea in 2013.

This lecture includes:
- Review of rotational modes (0:00)
- Rotational Eigenfunctions (spherical harmonics) (1:46)
- Bosonic and Fermionic Wavefunctions (6:44)
- Rotational modes of an oxygen molecule (11:59)
- Effects of nuclear spin on rotational modes - example of a hydrogen molecule (13:33)
- Heat capacity of a diatomic hydrogen gas (28:14)