The states of the hydrogen atom are denoted by ∣nlm⟩ with l<n,−l≤m≤l and associated energy eigenvalue En, where
En=−8πϵ0a0n2e2.
A hydrogen atom is placed in a weak electric field with interaction Hamiltonian
H1=−eEz
a) Derive the necessary perturbation theory to show that to O(E2) the change in the energy associated with the state ∣100⟩ is given by
ΔE1=e2E2n=2∑∞l=0∑n−1m=−l∑lE1−En∣⟨100∣z∣nlm⟩∣2
The wavefunction of the ground state ∣100⟩ is
ψn=1(r)=(πa03)1/21e−r/a0
By replacing En,∀n>1, in the denominator of (∗) by E2 show that
∣ΔE1∣<332πϵ0E2a03
b) Find a matrix whose eigenvalues are the perturbed energies to O(E) for the states ∣200⟩ and ∣210⟩. Hence, determine these perturbed energies to O(E) in terms of the matrix elements of z between these states.
[Hint:
⟨nlm∣z∣nlm⟩⟨nlm∣z∣nl′m′⟩=0=0∀n,l,m∀n,l,l′,m,m′,m=m′