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Explicit dipole angular factors of the hydrogenic model: the allowed 1s-to-2p entry, the forbidden 1s-to-2s entry and the oscillator contrast
Explicit angular factors of the declared hydrogenic model's dipole matrix elements: the values +-1/sqrt(3), 0 and their assignment to the angular pairs (1,0)->(0,0), (1,+-1)->(0,0), (0,0)->(0,0) and (0,0)->(1,0), read through the model's dipole components, together with the oscillator contrast Delta n = +-1 on a declared scaled oscillator family. The example computes angular factors only: no radial integral is evaluated, and no transition rate, oscillator strength, line intensity or observed spectrum is asserted.
Example
Adopt the declared Coulomb pair and the model dipole components with the charge magnitude with and of Electric-dipole selection rules of the declared hydrogenic finite-level model: necessary angular conditions and the parity (Laporte) consequence, and use the explicit spherical harmonics of Associated Legendre function normalization in the angle coordinates of Sphere integrals in angle coordinates, with , of Legendre Rodrigues equation: so that and on the chart. Then, with the inner product of linear in the first argument:
(a) (allowed entry) and ;
(b) (allowed entries) and , all of modulus ;
(c) (forbidden entries) , , , and ; each vanishing is the case or of the selection rules of Electric-dipole selection rules of the declared hydrogenic finite-level model: necessary angular conditions and the parity (Laporte) consequence clause (b);
(d) (parity check) the nonzero entries of (a),(b) connect with , hence states of opposite parity, while the vanishing entries of (c) include the parity-preserving pair and ; this is the Laporte condition of clause (d) of the selection-rules theorem;
(e) (reading in the hydrogenic model) applied to the model's uncompressed bound-state matrix elements, the entries of (a),(b) give the angular factors of , and the entries of (c) show that the angular factor of vanishes for every ; the radial factors are not evaluated, so no transition probability or intensity is computed;
(f) (oscillator contrast) on the declared scaled oscillator family of Atomic dipole matrix-element domain clause (d) with scale , the position matrix elements are and , so the oscillator's position selection rule is rather than a rule on an angular quantum number;
(g) (scope) the example is a conditional computation of angular factors of declared model quantities. No rate, oscillator strength, line intensity, observed spectrum or laboratory identification is asserted, and no radial integral is evaluated.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: the explicit harmonics , the chart forms of , the polar measure , the declared model and oscillator data, and the cited suppliers.
Explicit harmonics. For , use with ; for , use , as in Associated Legendre function normalization clauses (c),(e). With , , and from the normalization supplier and Legendre Rodrigues equation clause (d), the norms are , and . Thus , , and (The complex exponential by its power series, Sine and cosine defined by their real power series).
Chart and sphere integrals. In the chart one has and ; for Borel , and , whence and , while vanishes for every nonzero integer (Sphere integrals in angle coordinates, The polar surface set function on the unit sphere, Real and complex inner product spaces, with the inner product linear in the first argument, The space as the quotient by null functions).
Selection rules. The angular matrix element can be nonzero only if , , or , , , and a nonvanishing matrix element requires opposite parity of the two states (Electric-dipole selection rules of the declared hydrogenic finite-level model: necessary angular conditions and the parity (Laporte) consequence clauses (b),(d); Associated Legendre function normalization).
Factorization and oscillator. For the declared Coulomb pair the bound-state matrix elements of with the charge magnitude factor into the radial and angular integrals, and on the scaled oscillator family the position matrix elements are , (Atomic dipole matrix-element domain clauses (b),(c),(d)).
Model reading. The model's dipole components and finite-level data are those of Static finite-level electric-dipole coupling: compressed dipole of the declared two-body Coulomb model in a uniform field and The declared finite-level matter model and its cutoff dipole coupling to the transverse radiation sector, read under P1 with the units of Dimensions, SI unit conventions and quantity types of the framework (State and composition postulate P1: Hilbert spaces, preparations and composite systems).
Verification
Given: the explicit harmonics , the chart forms of , the polar measure , the declared model and oscillator data, and the cited suppliers.
[Explicit harmonics] By [F1], , and , the last from , and the conjugation convention.
[Allowed integrals] By [F2], and ; the real reverse entry is . Directly, and : substitution gives respectively positive and negative integrands, whose integral is . These are consistent with and the explicit opposite-component signs of step 1.1.
[Forbidden integrals] In the integrand is odd under ; in the entries , , and the -integral of a character with nonzero integer vanishes by [F2]; these are exactly the cases excluded by [F3].
[Parity] The nonvanishing entries of step 2.1 connect with , i.e. an even representative with an odd one, while the vanishing entries of step 2.2 include and ; this is the Laporte condition recorded in [F3].
[Model reading and oscillator] By [F4] the model's matrix elements factor into a radial factor and one of the angular numbers computed in steps 2.1 and 2.2, and the oscillator entries are and ; the radial factor is left unevaluated, so no product is formed.
[Scope] The computation evaluated angular factors and one oscillator matrix element only; no radial integral, rate, intensity or observed spectrum was formed, which is clause (g).
Remarks
- Angular nonvanishing is not transition occurrence. The 1s-to-2p angular factor is nonzero, but the matrix element also carries the radial factor, which this example does not compute; conversely the vanishing of the 1s-to-2s angular factor makes that electric-dipole matrix element vanish in the declared model, without asserting that no slower mechanism connects the levels.
- Two different selection rules. The hydrogenic rule constrains the angular quantum numbers; the oscillator rule constrains the excitation number. Both are properties of the respective declared model's matrix elements.
Depends on
Electric-dipole selection rules of the declared hydrogenic finite-level model: necessary angular conditions and the parity (Laporte) consequence
Associated Legendre function normalization
Legendre Rodrigues equation
Sphere integrals in angle coordinates
Atomic dipole matrix-element domain
The one-centre Coulomb model: bound energies, n^2-degeneracy, completeness of the bound states in the negative spectral subspace and the continuum
Static finite-level electric-dipole coupling: compressed dipole of the declared two-body Coulomb model in a uniform field
The declared finite-level matter model and its cutoff dipole coupling to the transverse radiation sector
State and composition postulate P1: Hilbert spaces, preparations and composite systems
Dimensions, SI unit conventions and quantity types of the framework
Real and complex inner product spaces, with the inner product linear in the first argument
The space as the quotient by null functions
The polar surface set function on the unit sphere
Orthonormal families, complete orthonormal systems and Hilbert bases
The complex exponential by its power series
Sine and cosine defined by their real power series
The Axiom of Countable Choice ()
The Axiom of Choice
Dependency tree · 2 levels
Sources
- J. Binney and D. Skinner, The Physics of Quantum Mechanics, Section 9.3.3 printed pages 219-220 (PDF pages 227-228): the m and l selection rules for electric-dipole transitions
- B. Zwiebach, MIT 8.05 Quantum Physics II (Fall 2013), Chapter 9 'Angular Momentum', Section 3 (spherical-harmonic orthogonality and azimuthal dependence in the polar chart)