Anyone care to explain the TA's note?

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In summary, the formula used to calculate angular frequency, \omega_{ij} = \frac{E_j - E_i}{\hbar}, is different from the formula used to calculate regular frequency, \omega = 2\pi f. This is because \hbar is in the denominator in the formula for angular frequency. It is important to clarify the difference between the two with a TA if there is any confusion.
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Omega here is frequency.

I used lambda = c/f. Why is it (2*pi*c)/omega and not c/f or c/omega?

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It looks like the formula you used was derived as

[tex] \omega_{ij} = \frac{E_j - E_i}{\hbar}, [/tex]

which is an angular frequency as can be seen from the presence of [tex]\hbar[/tex] rather than [tex]h[/tex].
 
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fzero said:
It looks like the formula you used was derived as

[tex] \omega_{ij} = \frac{E_j - E_i}{\hbar}, [/tex]

which is an angular frequency as can be seen from the presence of [tex]\hbar[/tex] rather than [tex]h[/tex].

Yeah. But h-bar is already in the denominator in the formula I used to calculate [tex]omega_{ij}[/tex].
 
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The wavelength is still [tex]2\pi c/\omega[/tex].
 
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Why not ask your TA for clarification?
 
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fzero said:
The wavelength is still [tex]2\pi c/\omega[/tex].

Why is lambda = c/f not valid?
 
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cristo said:
Why not ask your TA for clarification?

I forgot. I already bugged him about two other problems. I did poorly on this damn homework.
 
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Shackleford said:
Why is lambda = c/f not valid?

It is, but [tex]\omega = 2\pi f[/tex].
 
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fzero said:
It is, but [tex]\omega = 2\pi f[/tex].

Well, that's my mistake. I wasn't taking omega to be an angular frequency. Why? I don't know. Son of a *****.
 

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