Pertubation Definition and 28 Threads

I am thinking about a situation in general relativity which may be in textbooks but I have not been able to find it. I appreciate that there is the geodesic deviation equation for the world line of an observer and a nearby free-falling particle, but I think I need something different. So we...

When I use Lagrange to get the equations of motion, in order to find the equilibrium conditions I set the parameters q as constants thus the derivatives to be zero and then calculate the q's that satisfy the equations of motion obtained. In ordert to check about stability I think I need to add...

$$ W_{n,n} = \int_0^{2 \pi} \frac{1}{\sqrt{2 \pi}} e^{-inx} V_0 \cos(x) \frac{1}{\sqrt{2 \pi}} e^{inx} dx $$ $$ = 0 $$ $$ W_{n, -n} = \int_0^{2 \pi} \frac{1}{\sqrt{2 \pi}} e^{-inx} V_0 \cos(x) \frac{1}{\sqrt{2 \pi}} e^{-inx} dx $$ $$ = \frac{a n ( \sin(4 \pi n) + i \cos( 4 \pi n) - i...

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I am trying to calculate the Ricci tensor in terms of small perturbation hμν over arbitrary background metric gμν whit the restriction \left| \dfrac{h_{\mu\nu}}{g_{\mu\nu}} \right| << 1 Following Michele Maggiore Gravitational Waves vol 1 I correctly expressed the Chirstoffel symbol in terms...

Hi, I am trying to solve an exam question i failed. It's abput pertubation of hydrogen. I am given the following information: The matrix representation of L_y is given by: L_y = \frac{i \hbar}{\sqrt{2}} \left[\begin{array}{cccc} 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 1 & 0 \\ 0 & -1 & 0 & 1 \\ 0 & 0 & -1...

Homework Statement Calculate the second-order correction to the ground-state energy of the stationary states of the system. The perturbed Hamiltonian is: H' =- (/gamma /hbar m /omega)/2 (a+ - a-) ^2 2 & 3. Relevant equatio and the attempt at a solution This is not right. I follow the same...

If I am attempting to prevent a suspended motor-rotating imbalanced drum of high mass from colliding with its enclosure, how can I attempt to predict the maximum displacement from a balanced center of rotation if I have only a single sensor that can accurately measure(1000 samples/sec)...

Homework Statement For a quantum harmonic oscillator in an electric field, using ##\hat{V}=q\epsilon\hat{x}##, with the following trial state: $$|\psi\rangle=|0\rangle+b|1\rangle$$ Show that the energy can be written as $$E=\frac{\frac{\hbar...

My question stems from a discussion I had with my colleague today. In Electomagnetic coupling , like in waveguide structures. We apply pertubation theory to find out the coupling between various modes that get coupled in the device. My colleague said that the coupling interaction was...

The approach taken in linearized gravity seems to be to 'perturb' the 'Minkowski metric' such that $$g_{\mu \nu} = \eta_{\mu \nu} + h_{\mu \nu}$$ where ##|h_{\mu \nu}| <<1##. As I've understood it, the goal is to get an approximate theory for gravity, i.e. for weak gravitational fields...

Homework Statement I'm having some trouble calculating the 2nd order energy shift in a problem. I am given the pertubation: \hat{H}'=\alpha \hat{p}, where $\alpha$ is a constant, and \hat{p} is given by: p=i\sqrt{\frac{\hbar m\omega }{2}}\left( {{a}_{+}}-{{a}_{-}} \right), where {a}_{+} and...

Homework Statement H0 = [2,0,0;0,2,0;0,0,4] H1 = [0,1,0;1,0,1;0,1,0] Find energy eigenvalues to 2nd order. Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution I know that I need to diagonalize the perturbation in the 2x2 subspace (for my 2 degenerate eignevalues of 2 but I'm not sure...

Homework Statement Consider the so-called Spin Hamiltonian H=AS2Z+B(S2X-S2Y) for a system of spin 1. Show that the Hamiltonian in the SZ basis is the 3x3 matrix: \hbar2*[(A,0,B; 0,0,0; B,0,A)].Find the eigenvalues using degenerate pertubation theory. Homework Equations Spin Pauli MatricesThe...

Okey, so I´m taking a course in QM and I feel that I got a grip of most of it. But then we arrive at this formulea i\hbar\frac{\partial}{\partial t} c_n(t) = \sum_m \hat{V}_{nm} e^{i\omega_{nm} t}c_m(t), where \omega_{nm} \equiv \frac{(E_n - E_m)}{\hbar}. In other words time dependent...

Homework Statement An electron is confined to a 1 dimensional infinite well 0 \leq x \leq L Use lowest order pertubation theory to determine the shift in the second level due to a pertubation V(x) = -V_0 \frac{x}{L} where Vo is small (0.1eV). Homework Equations [1] E_n \approx...

Hi all. I m stucked on the question followed, any helps will be greatly appreciated. A perturbation has the form H'=z act on a two level system which they have different parity. So the first order correction to the energy level 1 and 2 are give by: E11=<ψ1| H' |ψ1> Same for level 2...

Hi all, I must misunderstood somewhere, couldn't figure out the following, any helps will be greatly appreciated. The first order correction of the pertubated energy is: \leftψn0\langle H'\rightψn0\rangle Where: ψn0 Is the solution of the unpertubated Hamiltonian. My question is can ψn0 be...

hi i want to calculate the second approximation of the energy by a potential V between two hydrogen atoms in a 2s state, but I do not know how to apply pertubation theory correctly? Landau Lifgarbagez says: E_n^2= \sum_m ' \frac{|V_m_n|^2}{E_n^0-E_m^0} (where the prime means that the...

Anyone has any recommendation for a textbook/s that doesn't shun away from proofs of theorems? I read Murdock's text, but he says himself that he doesn't cover it all. And Bender's methods is more on exercising the methods than understanding them. Any? Thanks.

Homework Statement A particle with mass m moves in the potential: V(x,y,z) = \frac{1}{2} k(x^{2}+y^{2}+z^{2}+ \lambda x y z) considering that lambda is low. a) Calculate the ground state energy accordingly to Pertubations Theory of the second order. b) Calculate the energies of...

Again, I am having difficulty deciphering my class notes - in this case there are missing lines of explanation. If we consider a system of particles that approach and interact, the Heisenberg representation of the interacting field is: \phi(\vec{x} , t) = U^{-1} (t) \phi_{a} (\vec{x} , t)...

The basic algorithm of degenerate perturbation theory is quite simple: 1.Write the perturbed Hamiltonian as a matrix in the degenerate subspace. 2.Diagonalize it. 3.The eigenstates are the 'correct' states to which the system will go as the perturbation ->0. But what to do if the first...

Hi there, I am reading a text by Robert W. Boyd "Nonlinear optics", in page 228, he used pertubation theory on two-level system and let the steady-state solution of the dynamics equation of density matrix as w = w_0 + w_1 e^{-i\delta t} + w_{-1}e^{i\delta t} where w=\rho_{bb} - \rho_{aa}...

Suppose I have a equation of the form F(x, k) = G(x, k) which is unsolvable analytically. We apply the method of pertubtaion (k is small quantity) and let the first order solution approximated as x = x^{(0)} + kx^{(1)} we need to put this back to the equation and find out x^{(1)}...

Homework Statement Consider a particle in a one-dimensional “box” with sagging bottom v(x) = -V_0sin(\pi x/L) for 0 \leq x \leq L infinity outside of thius (x > L, x < 0) a) Sketch the potential as a function of x. b) For small V_0 this potential can be considered as a...

Hi all! I am currently reading a book on asymptotic and pertubation methods for finding approximate solutions. How asymptotic methods and pertubaion methods are related? I mean, can I skip asymptotic methods and directly jump to study pertubation methods? (I know it may be better to have a...