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Useful information

Commutator rules:

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The harmonic oscillator Hamiltonian is

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The energy of a harmonic oscillator is

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where tex2html_wrap_inline187 .

The energy of a rigid rotor is given by

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The energy levels of a hydrogenic atom are given by

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with

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The 1s wavefunction of a hydrogenic atom is

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where the Bohr radius tex2html_wrap_inline177 is given by

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In spherical polar coordinates, tex2html_wrap_inline201 . The coordinates tex2html_wrap_inline203 and tex2html_wrap_inline205 run over the following ranges: tex2html_wrap_inline207 , tex2html_wrap_inline209 .

Conversions:

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Recommended values of fundamental constants:

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Marc Roussel
Thu Dec 11 19:01:25 MST 1997