We now use matrix perturbation theory to compute the covariance of based on this zero approximation. In particular, second- and third-order approximations are easy to compute and notably improve accuracy. In RSPT, one assumes that the only contribution of \(\psi^{(0)}\) to the full wave function \psioccurs in zeroth-order; this is referred to as assuming intermediate normalization of y. These integrals are familiar from what we did to compute ; doing them we finally obtain: \[\mu_{induced}= -2e \frac{32mL^3e\varepsilon}{27\hbar^2\pi^4} \left(\frac{2}{L}\right) \left(\frac{-8L^2}{9\pi^2}\right) =\frac{mL^4 e^2\varepsilon}{\hbar^2\pi^6} \frac{2^{10}}{3^5}\], Now. I recommend that students have in memory (their own brain, not a computer) the equations for \(E^{(1)}\), \(E^{(2)}\), and \(\psi^{(1)}_0\) so they can make use of them even in qualitative applications of perturbation theory as we will discuss later in this Chapter. First, one decomposes the true Hamiltonian \(H\) into a so-called zeroth-order part \(H^{(0)}\) (this is the Hamiltonian of the model problem used to represent the real system) and the difference (\(H-H^{(0)}\)), which is called the perturbation and usually denoted \(V\): It is common to associate with the perturbation \(V\) a strength parameter \(\lambda\), which could, for example, be associated with the strength of the electric field when the perturbation results from the interaction of the molecule of interest with an electric field. None of these problems, even the classical Newton’s equation for the sun, earth, and moon, have ever been solved exactly. Ï. \end{array}\right) Recently, perturbation methods have been gaining much popularity. Since \(H^{(0)}\) is a Hermitian operator, it has a complete set of such eigenfunctions, which we label \(\{\psi^{(0)}k\}\) and {E^{(0)}_k}. To obtain the expansion coefficients for the \(\psi^{(n)}\) expanded in terms of the zeroth-order states { }, one multiplies the above \(n^{th}\) order equation on the left by (one of the zeroth-order states not equal to the state \(\psi^{(0)}\) of interest) and obtains, \[\langle\psi_J^{(0)} |\psi^{(n)}\rangle + \langle\psi_J^{(0)} |V| \psi^{(n-1)}\rangle = E^{(0)} \langle\psi_J^{(0)} |\psi^{(n)}\rangle + E^{(1)} \langle \psi_J^{(0)}|\psi^{(n-1)}\rangle + E^{(2)} \langle \psi_J^{(0)}|\psi^{(n-2)}\rangle + E^{(3)} \langle\psi_J^{(0)} |\psi^{(n-3)}\rangle + … + E^{(n)} \langle\psi_J^{(0)} |\psi^{(0)}\rangle.\]. Here, \(x\) is the position of the electron in the box, \(e\) is the electron's charge, and \(L\) is the length of the box. The effect of this perturbation on the energies is termed the Stark effect. Before doing so explicitly, we think about whether symmetry will limit the matrix elements \(\langle\psi^{(0)}|V \psi^{(0)}n\rangle\) entering into the expression for \(E^{(2)}\). This potential, which is written in terms of Coulomb integrals similar to those we discussed earlier as well as so-called exchange integrals that we will discuss in Chapter 6, is designed to approximate the interaction of an electron at location \(\textbf{r}_i\) with the other electrons in the atom or molecule. Sakurai âModern Quantum Mechanicsâ, Addison To illustrate how desperate this situation is, I note that neither of the following two Schrödinger equations has ever been solved exactly (meaning analytically): \[\left[- \dfrac{\hbar^2}{2m_e} \nabla_1^2 - \dfrac{\hbar^2}{2m_e} \nabla_2^2 – \frac{2e^2}{r_1} – \frac{2e^2}{r_2} + \frac{e^2}{r_{1,2}}\right] \psi= E \psi,\], \[\left[- \dfrac{\hbar^2}{2m_e} \nabla_1^2 - \dfrac{\hbar^2}{2m_e} \nabla_2^2 – \dfrac{e^2}{r_{1,A}} – \dfrac{e^2}{r_{2,A}} – \dfrac{e^2}{r_{1,B}} – \dfrac{e^2}{r_{2,B}} + \dfrac{e^2}{r_{1,2}}\right] \psi = E \psi\]. In other words, \(\langle\psi^{(0)}|\psi\rangle = 1\) because \(\langle\psi^{(0)}|\psi^{(0)}\rangle = 1\) and \(\langle\psi^{(0)}|\psi^{(n)}\rangle = 0\) for \(n = 1, 2, 3, \cdots\). 2. \langle \chi_{1s,Z=1}(r) | \chi_{1s,Z=1}(r) \rangle & \langle \chi_{1s,Z=1}(r) | \chi_{2s,Z=3}(r) \rangle \\ The bottom line is that the total potential with the electric field present violates the assumptions on which perturbation theory is based. \left(\begin{array}{cc}C \\ D\end{array}\right)\\ where Ç« = 1 is the case we are interested in, but we will solve for a general Ç« as a perturbation in this parameter: (0)) (1)) (2)) |Ï (0) (1) (2) k) = Ï. It's a much better approximation using tree-level scattering results at high energies using the running coupling than to use the (quasi-)onshell scheme from low-energy QED (the running coupling at a scale around the Z-mass is 1/128 rather than 1/137). The LibreTexts libraries are Powered by MindTouch® and are supported by the Department of Education Open Textbook Pilot Project, the UC Davis Office of the Provost, the UC Davis Library, the California State University Affordable Learning Solutions Program, and Merlot. Let’s compute the polarizability, \(\alpha\), of the electron in the \(n=1\) state of the box, and try to understand physically why a should depend as it does upon the length of the box \(L\). Next, one could determine the \(C_i\) and \(D_i\) expansion coefficients by requiring the fi to be approximate eigenfunctions of the Hamiltonian. It says the first-order correction to the energy \(E^{(0)}\) of the unperturbed state can be evaluated by computing the average value of the perturbation with respect to the unperturbed wave function \(\psi^{(0)}\). This means one needs to first form the 2x2 matrix, \[\left(\begin{array}{cc} The Stark effect example offers a good chance to explain a fundamental problem with applying perturbation theory. Ï. This provides an approximate solution consisting of E 0 and Ï 0. ⦠In computing this integral, we neglect the term proportional to \(E^{(2)}\) because we are interested in only the term linear in \(\varepsilon\) because this is what gives the dipole moment. In Figure 4.1 we show the \(n = 1\) and \(n = 2\) zeroth-order functions as well as the superposition function formed when the zeroth-order \(n = 1\) and first-order \(n = 1\) functions combine. In the expression for \(E^{(1)} = \langle\psi^{(0)}|V|\psi^{(0)}\rangle\), the product \(\psi^{(0)}{}^*\psi^{(0)}\) is an even function under reflection of \(x\) through the midpoint \(x = \dfrac{L}{2}\); in fact, this is true for all of the particle-in-a-box wave functions. This means that if one were to form the \((2J+1) \times (2J+1)\) matrix representation of \(V\) for the \(2J+1\) degenerate states \(Y_{J,M}\) belonging to a given \(J\), all of its elements would be zero. However, in directions along which \(\cos{\theta}\) is positive, the potential is negative and strongly attractive for small-r (i.e., near the nucleus), then passes through a maximum (e.g., near \(x = -2\) in Figure 4.2 a) at, \[r_{\rm max}=\sqrt{\frac{Z}{e\textbf{E}\cos\theta}}\], \[V(r_{\rm max})=-2\sqrt{e\textbf{E}\cos\theta}\]. The diagonal elements of the electric-dipole operator, \[\langle Y_{J,M}(\theta,\phi)\chi_\nu(R)\psi_e(r|R)|V|Y_{J,M}(\theta,\phi)\chi_\nu(R)\psi_e(r|R) \rangle\], vanish because the vibrationally averaged dipole moment, which arises as, \[\langle\mu\rangle = \langle \chi_\nu(R)\psi_e(r|R)| e\sum_n Z_n \textbf{R}_n-e\sum_i \textbf{r}_i |\chi_\nu(R)\psi_e(r|R) \rangle\], is a vector quantity whose component along the electric field is \(\langle \mu\rangle \cos(\theta)\) (again taking the field to lie along the \(z\)-direction). k + Ç«. \langle \chi_{1s,Z=1}(r) | -\frac{1}{2}\nabla^2-\frac{3}{r}|\chi_{1s,Z=1}(r) \rangle \langle 2s |V| 2s \rangle & \langle 2s |V| 2p_z \rangle \\ A ârst-order perturbation theory and linearization deliver the same output. k + ..., E. k = E. k + Ç«E. These two problems are examples of what is called the “three-body problem” meaning solving for the behavior of three bodies moving relative to one another. Once one has identified the specific zeroth-order state \(\psi^{(0)}\) of interest, one proceeds as follows: You will encounter many times when reading literature articles in which perturbation theory is employed situations in which researchers have focused attention on zeroth-order states that are close in energy to the state of interest and that have the correct symmetry to couple strongly (i.e., have substantial \(\langle \psi^{(0)}|V \psi^{(0)}_n\rangle\)) to that state. Although the example just considered is rather primitive, it introduces a point of view that characterizes one of the most commonly employed models for treating atomic and molecular electronic structure- the Hartree-Fock (HF) mean-field model, which we will discuss more in Chapter 6. Have questions or comments? For example, terms of the form \(E^{(1)}\), \(\psi^{(2)}\), and \(V\) \(\psi^{(2)}\) and \(E^{(0)}\) \(\psi^{(3)}\) are all of third power (also called third order). finally, the \(J = J’\) terms will vanish because of the inversion symmetry (\(\cos\theta\) is odd under inversion but \(|Y_{J,M}|^2\) is even). Use first-order perturbation theory to compute the first four energy levels. In most practical applications of quantum mechanics to molecular problems, one is faced with the harsh reality that the Schrödinger equation pertinent to the problem at hand cannot be solved exactly. Note that an implicit assumption we are making here is that the coe cients aand care order one, and that xitself is ⦠We know the energies of hydrogenic ions vary with \(Z\) and with the principal quantum number \(n\) as, \[E^{(n)}(Z)=\frac{-13.6 {\rm eV}}{n^2Z^2}=\frac{-1}{2n^2Z^2}{\rm au}\], \[\frac{-1}{2n^2Z^2} \ll -2\sqrt{e\textbf{E}\cos\theta}\]. This process can then be continued to higher and higher order. In fact, this potential approaches \(-\infty\) as \(r\) approaches \(\infty\) as we see in the left portion of Figure 4.2 a. \left(\begin{array}{cc} Hl{PÒéÇ~*x _hj¨Ü4ÐCÊ8Tæ "¶©¤ÆLÉiFÝl³µ3 (?Ì4T@OJéJ®[.ë5/ÛEÜìvÎÂ[æì9¥¹s´³gæPS{ÎÌö̼ïoÞ÷ç7Ïçû!`0_a®]aÿæâ¸`Èâä_¼ûd(ýgàÝæÿí|úÁ×y. This would result in the following equation for the expansion coefficients: \[ This result also suggests that the polarizability of conjugated polyenes should vary non-linearly with the length of the conjugated chain. its energy levels and eigenstates The limitation that \(J’ = J±1\) comes from a combination of three conditions, Using the fact that the perturbation is \(\textbf{E}\langle \mu\rangle \cos(theta)\), these two non-zero matrix elements can be used to express the second-order energy for the \(J,M\) level as, \[E=\textbf{E}^2\langle\mu\rangle^2\left[\dfrac{\dfrac{(J+1)^2-M^2}{(2J+1)(2J+3)}}{-2B(J+1)} + Other examples occur in differential equations. ,of \(\cos(\theta)\)). This method, termed perturbation theory, is the single most important method of solving problems in quantum mechanics, and is widely used in atomic physics, condensed matter and particle physics. The first integral is zero (we discussed this earlier when we used symmetry to explain why this vanishes). Brief introduction to perturbation theory 1. To solve for the vibrational energies of a diatomic molecule whose energy vs. bond length \(E(R)\) is known, one could use the Morse oscillator wave functions and energies as starting points. IO : Perturbation theory is an extremely important method of seeing how a quantum system will be affected by a small change in the potential. The zeroth-order equation simply instructs us to solve the model Schrödinger equation to obtain the zeroth-order wave function \(\psi^{(0)}\) and its zeroth-order energy \(E^{(0)}\). 0. This allows the above equation to be written as, \[E^{(1)} = \langle\psi^{(0)} | V | \psi^{(0)}\rangle\]. angular momentum coupling, which you learned about in Chapter 2, tells us that \(\cos\theta\), which happens to be proportional to \(Y_{1,0}(\theta,\phi)\), can couple to \(Y_{J,M}\) to generate terms having \(J+1\), \(J\), or \(J-1\) for their \(J^2\) quantum number but only \(M\) for their \(J_z\) quantum number. values. \[\mu_{induced}= - e \int_0^L(\psi^{(0)}+\psi^{(1)})^*\left(x-\frac{L}{2}\right)(\psi^{(0)}+\psi^{(1)}) dx\], \[= - e \int_0^L \psi^{(0)}{}^*\left(x-\frac{L}{2}\right)\psi^{(0)} dx - e \int_0^L \psi^{(1)}{}^*\left(x-\frac{L}{2}\right)\psi^{(0)} dx\], \[= - e \int_0^L \psi^{(0)}{}^*\left(x-\frac{L}{2}\right)\psi^{(1)} dx - e \int_0^L \psi^{(1)}{}^*\left(x-\frac{L}{2}\right)\psi^{(1)} dx\]. So, what does one do when faced with trying to study real molecules using quantum mechanics? To solve the first-order and higher-order equations, one expands each of the corrections to the wave function \(\psi\) of interest in terms of the complete set of wave functions of the zeroth-order problem \(\{\psi^{(0)}_J\}\). J_{1s,1s}+2J_{1s,2s}\], with the Coulomb interaction integrals being defined as, \[J_{a,b}=\int \phi_a^*(r)\phi_a(r)\frac{1}{|r-r'|}\phi_b^*(r)\phi_b(r)drdr'\], To carry out the 3-electron integral appearing in \(E^{(1)}\), one proceeds as follows. For example as applied to the Stark effect for the degenerate \(2s\) and \(2p\) levels of a hydrogenic atom (i.e., a one-electron system with nuclear charge \(Z\)), if the energy of the \(2s\) and \(2p\) states lies far below the maximum in the potential \(V(r_{\rm max})\), perturbation theory can be used. Missed the LibreFest? If one were to try to solve \(\langle \psi_J^{(0)}|\psi^{(1)}\rangle + \langle\psi_J^{(0)} |V|\psi_0\rangle = E^{(0)} \langle \psi_J^{(0)}|\psi^{(1)}\rangle\) without taking this extra step, the \(\langle\psi_J^{(0)} |\psi^{(1)}\rangle\) values for those states with \(= E^{(0)}\) could not be determined because the first and third terms would cancel and the equation would read \(\langle \psi_J^{(0)}|V|\psi^{(0)}\rangle = 0\). Perturbation Theory Basics. It should be noted that there are problems which cannot be solved using perturbation theory, The limitation that \(M\) must equal \(M’\) arises, as above, because the perturbation contains no terms dependent on the variable \(\phi\). Recalling the fact that \(\psi^{(0)}\) is normalized, the above equation reduces to, \[\langle\psi^{(0)}|V|\psi^{(1)}\rangle = E^{(2)}.\], Substituting the expression obtained earlier for \(\psi^{(1)}\) allows \(E^{(2)}\) to be written as, \[E^{(2)}=\sum_J \frac{|\langle\psi_J^{(0)} |V|\psi^{(0)}\rangle|^2}{E^{(0)}-E^{(0)}_J}\]. $\begingroup$ Any specific kind of perturbation theory? It is of the form (in atomic units where the energy is given in Hartrees (1 H = 27.21 eV) and distances in Bohr units (1 Bohr = 0.529 Å)), \[V(r,\theta,\phi)=-\frac{Z}{r}-e\textbf{E}r\cos\theta\]. 3. The quantity inside the integral is the electric dipole operator, so this integral is the dipole moment of the molecule in the absence of the field. which is \(J_{1s,1s}\). states of the hydrogen atom when studying the electric field’s effect on the \(2s\) state). 0 The density of states at the surface is calculated within the GW approximation of many-body perturbation theory. Hence, one writes the energy \(E\) and the wave function \(\psi\) as zeroth-, first-, second, etc, order pieces which form the unknowns in this method: \[E = E^{(0)} + E^{(1)} + E^{(2)} + E^{(3)} + \cdots\], \[y = \psi^{(0)} + \psi^{(1)} + \psi^{(2)} + \psi^{(3)} + \cdots\]. If the system is nondegenerate, for typical ~Ithe! 2. This produces a set of equations, each containing all the terms of a given order. Author has 89 answers and 124.5K answer views. the zeroth-order energy of the state will like below the barrier on the potential surface. One of the basic assumptions of perturbation theory is that the unperturbed and perturbed Hamiltonians are both bounded from below (i.e., have a discrete lowest eigenvalues) and allow each eigenvalue of the unperturbed Hamiltonian to be connected to a unique eigenvalue of the perturbed Hamiltonian. The way RSPT deals with this paradox is realize that, within a set of \(N\) degenerate states, any \(N\) orthogonal combinations of these states will also be degenerate. The first integral can be evaluated using the following identity with \(a = \dfrac{\pi}{L}\): \[\int_0^L\sin^2(ax)dx=\frac{x^2}{4}-\frac{x\sin(2ax)}{4a}-\frac{x\cos(2ax)}{8a^2}\Bigg|^L_0=\frac{L^2}{4}\], The second integral can be evaluated using the following identity with \(\theta =\frac{\pi x}{L}\). They also tell us how to compute the first-order correction to the wave function and the second-order energy in terms of integrals coupling \(\psi^{(0)}\) to other zeroth-order states and denominators involving energy differences . The degree of polarization will depend on the strength of the applied electric field. The accuracy of the perturbation expansion is analyzed in detail by the discussion of an exactly solvable model. Legal. A fundamental assumption of perturbation theory is that the wave functions and energies for the full Hamiltonian \(H\) can be expanded in a Taylor series involving various powers of the perturbation parameter \(\lambda\). In the wave function calculation, we will only compute the contribution to \(\psi\) made by \(\psi^{(0)}_2\) (this is just an approximation to keep things simple in this example). Thinking of \(\cos(\theta)\) as \(x\), so \(\sin(\theta) d\theta\) is \(dx\), the integrals, \[\langle Y_{J,M}(\theta,\phi)|\cos\theta|Y_{J,M}(\theta,\phi)\rangle=\int Y_{J,M}^*(\theta,\phi) \cos\theta Y_{J,M}(\theta,\phi) \sin\theta d\theta d\phi=\int Y_{J,M}^*(\theta,\phi) x Y_{J,M}(\theta,\phi) dxd\phi=0\], because \(|Y_{J,M}|^2\) is an even function of \(x\) (i.e. Returning to the first-order equation and multiplying on the left by the complex conjugate of one of the other zeroth-order functions gives, \[\langle \psi_J^{(0)}|H^{(0)}|\psi^{(1)}\rangle + \langle\psi_J^{(0)} |V|\psi^{(0)}\rangle = E^{(0)} \langle\psi_J^{(0)}|\psi^{(1)}\rangle + E^{(1)} \langle \psi_J^{(0)}|\psi^{(0)}\rangle.\], Using \(H^{(0)} = \), the first term reduces to \(\langle |\psi^{(1)}\rangle\), and the fourth term vanishes because is orthogonal to \(\psi^{(0)}\) because these two functions are different eigenfunctions of \(H^{(0)}\). For the integral, \[\int[\phi_{1s}(r_1)\alpha(1)\phi_{1s}(r_2)\beta(2)\phi_{2s}(r_3)\alpha(3)]^*\frac{1}{r_{1,2}}\phi_{1s}(r_1)\alpha(1)\phi_{1s}(r_2)\beta(2)\phi_{2s}(r_3)\alpha(3)dr_1dr_2dr_3\], one integrates over the 3 spin variables using \(\langle a| a\rangle=1\), \(\langle a| b\rangle=0\) and \(\langle b| b\rangle=1\)) and then integrates over the coordinate of the third electron using \(\langle \phi_{2s}|\phi_{2s}\rangle=1\) to obtain, \[\int [\phi_{1s}(r_1)\phi_{1s}(r_2)]^*\frac{1}{r_{1,2}} \phi_{1s}(r_1)\phi_{1s}(r_2)dr_1dr_2dr_3\]. 2. Along directions for which \(\cos{\theta}\) is negative (to the right in Figure 4.2 a), this potential becomes large and positive as the distance \(r\) of the electron from the nucleus increases; for bound states such as the \(2s\) and \(2p\) states discussed earlier, such regions are classically forbidden and the wave function exponentially decays in this direction. In the HF model, one uses as a zeroth-order Hamiltonian, \[H^{(0)}=\sum_{i=1}^3 \left[\frac{1}{2}\nabla_i^2-\frac{3}{r_i}+V_{\rm HF}(r_i)\right]\], consisting of a sum of one-electron terms containing the kinetic energy, the Coulomb attraction to the nucleus (I use the Li atom as an example here), and a potential \(V_{\rm HF}(\textbf{r}_i)\). 13.7). – 1 eV in Figure 4.2 a) and then decreases monotonically as r increases. Perturbation theory is extremely successful in dealing with those cases that can be mod-elled as a âsmall deformationâ of a system that we can solve exactly. First, we will compute the first-order correction to the energy of the \(n=1\) state and the first-order wave function for the \(n=1\) state. 2. This produces one equation whose right and left hand sides both contain terms of various “powers” in the perturbation \(\lambda\). Similarly, the energy is written as a sum of terms of increasing order. 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