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Representation theory of so(4,2) for the perturbation treatment of hydrogenic-type hamiltonians by algebraic methods

✍ Scribed by B. G. Adams; J. Čížek; J. Paldus


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1982
Tongue
English
Weight
853 KB
Volume
21
Category
Article
ISSN
0020-7608

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✦ Synopsis


Abstract

The representations of so(4,2) which are applicable to the perturbation treatment of one‐electron Hamiltonians of the form H = H~0~ + λ__V__ are discussed, where H~0~ is a hydrogenic Hamiltonian. A unified construction of the representations of so(2,1) and so(3) is outlined and the representations of so(4) [and also so(3,1)] are then obtained using both the vector operator method and angular momentum recoupling techniques. The merging of so(2,1) and so(4) then leads in a natural way to so(4,2). An outline of perturbation theory applications such as the Stark and Zeeman effects is also given.