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14 - Approximation Methods

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2024

Rocco Schiavilla
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Old Dominion University, Virginia
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Applications ofnon-degenerate and degenerate perturbation theory to problems in one and three dimensions; study of the nuclear finite-size effect on the spectrum of hydrogen-like atoms; hydrogen atom in an external electric field: Stark effect and induced electric dipole moment; derivation of Brillouin--Wigner perturbation theory; variational calculations of the hydrogen and helium atoms; Born-Oppenheimer approximation; variational calculation of the Hs+ molecular ion; estimation of bound-state energies of a Hamiltonian with the variational method.

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Quantum Mechanics through Problems
With Complete Solutions
, pp. 433 - 515
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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  • Approximation Methods
  • Rocco Schiavilla, Old Dominion University, Virginia
  • Book: Quantum Mechanics through Problems
  • Online publication: 05 December 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009473637.015
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  • Approximation Methods
  • Rocco Schiavilla, Old Dominion University, Virginia
  • Book: Quantum Mechanics through Problems
  • Online publication: 05 December 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009473637.015
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  • Approximation Methods
  • Rocco Schiavilla, Old Dominion University, Virginia
  • Book: Quantum Mechanics through Problems
  • Online publication: 05 December 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009473637.015
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