Quantum Physics III (Spring 2018)

Quantum Physics III (Spring 2018)

Prof. Barton Zwiebach via MIT OpenCourseWare Direct link

L6.3 Weak-field Zeeman effect; the projection lemma

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L6.3 Weak-field Zeeman effect; the projection lemma

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Quantum Physics III (Spring 2018)

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  1. 1 L1.1 General problem. Non-degenerate perturbation theory
  2. 2 L1.2 Setting up the perturbative equations
  3. 3 L1.3 Calculating the energy corrections
  4. 4 L1.4 First order correction to the state. Second order correction to energy
  5. 5 L2.1 Remarks and validity of the perturbation series
  6. 6 L2.2 Anharmonic Oscillator via a quartic perturbation
  7. 7 L2.3 Degenerate Perturbation theory: Example and setup
  8. 8 L2.4 Degenerate Perturbation Theory: Leading energy corrections
  9. 9 L3.1 Remarks on a 'good basis'
  10. 10 L3.2 Degeneracy resolved to first order; state and energy corrections
  11. 11 L3.3 Degeneracy resolved to second order
  12. 12 L3.4 Degeneracy resolved to second order (continued)
  13. 13 L4.1 Scales and zeroth-order spectrum
  14. 14 L4.2 The uncoupled and coupled basis states for the spectrum
  15. 15 L4.3 The Pauli equation for the electron in an electromagnetic field
  16. 16 L4.4 Dirac equation for the electron and hydrogen Hamiltonian
  17. 17 L5.1 Evaluating the Darwin correction
  18. 18 L5.2 Interpretation of the Darwin correction from nonlocality
  19. 19 L5.3 The relativistic correction
  20. 20 L5.4 Spin-orbit correction
  21. 21 L5.5 Assembling the fine-structure corrections
  22. 22 L6.1 Zeeman effect and fine structure
  23. 23 L6.2 Weak-field Zeeman effect; general structure
  24. 24 L6.3 Weak-field Zeeman effect; the projection lemma
  25. 25 L6.4 Strong-field Zeeman
  26. 26 L6.5 Semiclassical approximation and local de Broglie wavelength
  27. 27 L7.1 The WKB approximation scheme
  28. 28 L7.2 Approximate WKB solutions
  29. 29 L7.3 Validity of the WKB approximation
  30. 30 L7.4 Connection formula stated and example
  31. 31 L8.1 Airy functions as integrals in the complex plane
  32. 32 L8.2 Asymptotic expansions of Airy functions
  33. 33 L8.3 Deriving the connection formulae
  34. 34 L8.4 Deriving the connection formulae (continued) logical arrows
  35. 35 L9.1 The interaction picture and time evolution
  36. 36 L9.2 The interaction picture equation in an orthonormal basis
  37. 37 L9.3 Example: Instantaneous transitions in a two-level system
  38. 38 L9.4 Setting up perturbation theory
  39. 39 L10.1 Box regularization: density of states for the continuum
  40. 40 L10.2 Transitions with a constant perturbation
  41. 41 L10.3 Integrating over the continuum to find Fermi's Golden Rule
  42. 42 L10.4 Autoionization transitions
  43. 43 L11.1 Harmonic transitions between discrete states
  44. 44 L11.2 Transition rates for stimulated emission and absorption processes
  45. 45 L11.3 Ionization of hydrogen: conditions of validity, initial and final states
  46. 46 L11.4 Ionization of hydrogen: matrix element for transition
  47. 47 L12.1 Ionization rate for hydrogen: final result
  48. 48 L12.2 Light and atoms with two levels, qualitative analysis
  49. 49 L12.3 Einstein's argument: the need for spontaneous emission
  50. 50 L12.4 Einstein's argument: B and A coefficients
  51. 51 L12.5 Atom-light interactions: dipole operator
  52. 52 L13.1 Transition rates induced by thermal radiation
  53. 53 L13.2 Transition rates induced by thermal radiation (continued)
  54. 54 L13.3 Einstein's B and A coefficients determined. Lifetimes and selection rules
  55. 55 L13.4 Charged particles in EM fields: potentials and gauge invariance
  56. 56 L13.5 Charged particles in EM fields: Schrodinger equation
  57. 57 L14.1 Gauge invariance of the Schrodinger Equation
  58. 58 L14.2 Quantization of the magnetic field on a torus
  59. 59 L14.3 Particle in a constant magnetic field: Landau levels
  60. 60 L14.4 Landau levels (continued). Finite sample
  61. 61 L15.1 Classical analog: oscillator with slowly varying frequency
  62. 62 L15.2 Classical adiabatic invariant
  63. 63 L15.3 Phase space and intuition for quantum adiabatic invariants
  64. 64 L15.4 Instantaneous energy eigenstates and Schrodinger equation
  65. 65 L16.1 Quantum adiabatic theorem stated
  66. 66 L16.2 Analysis with an orthonormal basis of instantaneous energy eigenstates
  67. 67 L16.3 Error in the adiabatic approximation
  68. 68 L16.4 Landau-Zener transitions
  69. 69 L16.5 Landau-Zener transitions (continued)
  70. 70 L17.1 Configuration space for Hamiltonians
  71. 71 L17.2 Berry's phase and Berry's connection
  72. 72 L17.3 Properties of Berry's phase
  73. 73 L17.4 Molecules and energy scales
  74. 74 L18.1 Born-Oppenheimer approximation: Hamiltonian and electronic states
  75. 75 L18.2 Effective nuclear Hamiltonian. Electronic Berry connection
  76. 76 L18.3 Example: The hydrogen molecule ion
  77. 77 L19.1 Elastic scattering defined and assumptions
  78. 78 L19.2 Energy eigenstates: incident and outgoing waves. Scattering amplitude
  79. 79 L19.3 Differential and total cross section
  80. 80 L19.4 Differential as a sum of partial waves
  81. 81 L20.1 Review of scattering concepts developed so far
  82. 82 L20.2 The one-dimensional analogy for phase shifts
  83. 83 L20.3 Scattering amplitude in terms of phase shifts
  84. 84 L20.4 Cross section in terms of partial cross sections. Optical theorem
  85. 85 L20.5 Identification of phase shifts. Example: hard sphere
  86. 86 L21.1 General computation of the phase shifts
  87. 87 L21.2 Phase shifts and impact parameter
  88. 88 L21.3 Integral equation for scattering and Green's function
  89. 89 L22.1 Setting up the Born Series
  90. 90 L22.2 First Born Approximation. Calculation of the scattering amplitude
  91. 91 L22.3 Diagrammatic representation of the Born series. Scattering amplitude for spherically symm...
  92. 92 L22.4 Identical particles and exchange degeneracy
  93. 93 L23.1 Permutation operators and projectors for two particles
  94. 94 L23.2 Permutation operators acting on operators
  95. 95 L23.3 Permutation operators on N particles and transpositions
  96. 96 L23.4 Symmetric and Antisymmetric states of N particles
  97. 97 L24.1 Symmetrizer and antisymmetrizer for N particles
  98. 98 L24.2 Symmetrizer and antisymmetrizer for N particles (continued)
  99. 99 L24.3 The symmetrization postulate
  100. 100 L24.4 The symmetrization postulate (continued)

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