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METHODOLOGICAL NOTES
Orbits of the hydrogen electron in a uniform electric field
Yu. M. Kopnin, M. Yu. Kopnin
Abstract:
The linear Stark effect is investigated, using the old quantum theory and the equations of motion of the electron in orbital variables. In contrast to the well-known solution in terms of parabolic coordinates, the new form has a simple geometric interpretation, namely, perturbation by the uniform electric field leads in the first approximation to a slow regular precession of the electron orbit around the direction of the field (subject to a single additional condition). This geometric picture outwardly resembles electron orbits precessing around a uniform magnetic field in the normal Zeeman effect.
Received: October 1, 1992
Citation:
Yu. M. Kopnin, M. Yu. Kopnin, “Orbits of the hydrogen electron in a uniform electric field”, UFN, 163:11 (1993), 83–87; Phys. Usp., 36:11 (1993), 1075–1078
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