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Putting everything together

Apart from the corrections \bgroup\color{col1}$ E'_{\rm SO}$\egroup, one also has to take into account the relativistic corrections dur to \bgroup\color{col1}$ \hat{H}_{\rm KE}$\egroup and \bgroup\color{col1}$ \hat{H}_{\rm Darwin}$\egroup from section II.3.1. It turns out that the final result for the energy eigenvalue in first order perturbation theory with respect to \bgroup\color{col1}$ \hat{H}_1 = \hat{H}_{\rm KE} + \hat{H}_{\rm Darwin} + \hat{H}_{\rm SO}$\egroup, Eq. (II.3.1), is given by the very simple expression

$\displaystyle E_{nlsjm} = E_n^{(0)} +
\frac{(E_n^{(0)})^2}{2mc^2}\left[3-\frac{4n}{j+\frac{1}{2}}\right],\quad j=l\pm \frac{1}{2}.$     (3.26)

For a detailed derivation of this final result (though I haven't checked all details), cf. James Branson's page,

http://hep.ucsd.edu/ branson/http://hep.ucsd.edu/ branson/

or Weissbluth [4], cf. 16.4. Gasiorowicz [3] 12-16 seems to be incorrect.

Figure: Fine-Splitting of the hydrogen level $ E_{n=2}$, from Gasiorowicz[3]
\includegraphics[width=1.3\textwidth]{finesplitting}

Final remark: we do not discuss the effects of a magnetic field (anamalous Zeeman effect) or the spin of the nucleus (hyperfine interaction) here. These lead to further splittings in the level scheme.


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Tobias Brandes 2005-04-26