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A hydrogen atom is in its ground state and is subject to an external electric field of
E = ε([itex]\hat{x}[/itex]+[itex]\hat{y}[/itex]+2[itex]\hat{z}[/itex])e-t/[itex]\tau[/itex]
I'm confused as to how to compute the matrix elements of the perturbed hamiltonian since this is not in the z direction.
Would I have to do something like this?
H'ba = -pE = -qεe-t/[itex]\tau[/itex]<[itex]\psi[/itex]b|([itex]\hat{x}[/itex]+[itex]\hat{y}[/itex]+2[itex]\hat{z}[/itex])|[itex]\psi[/itex]a>
Thanks
E = ε([itex]\hat{x}[/itex]+[itex]\hat{y}[/itex]+2[itex]\hat{z}[/itex])e-t/[itex]\tau[/itex]
I'm confused as to how to compute the matrix elements of the perturbed hamiltonian since this is not in the z direction.
Would I have to do something like this?
H'ba = -pE = -qεe-t/[itex]\tau[/itex]<[itex]\psi[/itex]b|([itex]\hat{x}[/itex]+[itex]\hat{y}[/itex]+2[itex]\hat{z}[/itex])|[itex]\psi[/itex]a>
Thanks