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Fine Structure 35.1 Relativistic Hamiltonian Physics 342 Lecture 35 Fine Structure Lecture 35 Physics 342 Quantum Mechanics I Monday, April 26th, 2010 There are relativistic and electromagnetic effects we have missed in our treat- ment of the pure Coulombic, classical approach. These are relatively easy to put back in perturbatively. Fine structure consists of two separate physical effects: one relativistic correction, one associated with spin-orbit coupling. Here we will focus on the relativistic corrections to Hydrogen, in preparation for a fully relativistic treatment. The perturbative calculations are relevant, but not necessary to understanding the issue (relativistic modification). 35.1 Relativistic Hamiltonian In classical mechanics, a free particle is described by the action: Z 1 S = m x_ 2 +y _2 +z _2 dt (35.1) c 2 1 2 leading to the usual Lagrangian L = 2 m v . But this free particle action can be written suggestively by noting that the distance travelled along the dynamical trajectory (a curve x(t) parametrized by t) is d`2 = dx2 + dy2 + dz2 =x_ 2 +y _2 +z _2 dt2 (35.2) so that the classical action is basically the length (squared) along the curve. When we extremize Sc in the force free case, then, we expect to get \length- exteremized" trajectories, or \straight lines" in this setting. The same is true for relativistic mechanics { we start with a \length" given by the relativistic line element: ds2 = −c2 dt2 + dx2 + dy2 + dz2; (35.3) 1 of 8 35.1. RELATIVISTIC HAMILTONIAN Lecture 35 and then the length along a curve parametrized by λ (some parameter, not necessarily time) is q ds = −c2 t_2 +x _ 2 +y _2 +z _2 dλ. (35.4) If we want the same basic free-particle action, one proportional to length- along-the-curve, then we would naturally take: Z q 2 2 2 2 2 Sr = α −c t_ +x _ +y _ +z _ dλ. (35.5) This action is manifestly reparametrization invariant { meaning that we can change λ without changing the fundamental interpretation of extremal length for the solutions to the equations of motion. To see this, note that if we had another parameter γ(λ), then the change-of-variables in the action would be governed by: dx dx dγ x_ = = ; (35.6) dλ dγ dλ for example, so that s Z 2 2 2 2 2 dt dx dy dz dγ dλ Sr = α −c + + + dγ dγ dγ dγ dγ dλ dγ (35.7) Z q = α −c2 t_2 +x _ 2 +y _2 +z _2 dγ; where now dots refer to derivatives w.r.t. γ. We can, in particular, and in order to compare with classical mechanics, take γ = t, the coordinate time. This means that we will be using the relativistic action, but in the context of the laboratory frame (with the clock on its wall as our parameter for motion). With this parametrization, the action becomes: r Z p Z v2 S = α −c2 + v2 dt = α i c 1 − dt: (35.8) r c2 For this action, our relativistic Lagrangian becomes (just the integrand of the above) r v2 L = α i c 1 − : (35.9) r c2 We can set the overall constant α by taking the slow-motion limit and de- manding that the relativistic Lagrangian reduce to the classical one: 1 v2 1 v2 L ∼ α i c 1 − = α i c − i α : (35.10) r 2 c2 2 c 2 of 8 35.1. RELATIVISTIC HAMILTONIAN Lecture 35 Additive constants don't change the Euler-Lagrange equations, so the con- stant factor α i c is irrelevant to the predictions of this low-velocity limit. From the above, we see that we must have i α − = m −! α = i m c: (35.11) c Our final form for the relativistic Lagrangian is r v2 L = −m c2 1 − : (35.12) r c2 The point of all of this is to find out what the free-particle Hamiltonian is, that way we would know how to correct the Schr¨odingerequation. From the above Lagrangian, we find the Hamiltonian in the usual way, first by identifying the relativistic momenta: @L m v p = = ; (35.13) @v q v2 1 − c2 and then, forming the Hamiltonian via Legendre transform: v2 2 2 m v m c 1 − c2 H = v · p − L = q + q 1 − v2 1 − v2 c2 c2 : (35.14) m c2 = q v2 1 − c2 If we “finish the job" and write the Hamiltonian entirely in terms of the (relativistic) momentum by inverting (35.13) r p2 c2 p2 v2 = −! H = m c2 + 1 : (35.15) p2 + m2 c2 m2 c2 We see that this total energy is made up of a contribution from the motion of the particles and the rest energy of the particles (note that H = m c2 at p = 0). To make the kinetic energy portion by itself we subtract off the rest energy: r p2 T = H − m c2 = m c2 + 1 − m c2: (35.16) m2 c2 3 of 8 35.2. HYDROGEN CORRECTION Lecture 35 What we have been doing so far, with the Schr¨odingerequation, is taking p2 2 m as the kinetic energy (with the classical p = m v), and using the replace- ~ ment: p ! i r to generate the quantum system. Now we see that there are . relativistic difficulties. Our first move is to replace (in our minds) the classical p with the relativistic form. That doesn't change anything in theory. The more important shift is to expand this relativistic kinetic en- ergy (it is difficult to modify it directly with the square root in place) and generate corrective terms based on the low-p expansion: ! 1 p2 1 p2 2 T ∼ m c2 1 + − + ::: − m c2 2 m2 c2 8 m2 c2 (35.17) p2 p4 = − : 2 m 8 m3 c2 35.2 Hydrogen Correction 4 1 We see that our perturbation is, effectively, − p with = 8 m3 c4 . If we want to calculate the perturbed energies of the Hydrogen atom, then, we must be able to evaluate: 0 4 ∆E ≡ E1 − E1 = − h nj p j ni : (35.18) For most states of Hydrogen, p4 is a Hermitian operator, and we can factor 2 the operator into a p portion acting on j ni and another acting on h nj: 2 2 ∆E = − p n p j ni : (35.19) Now in general, finding the expectation value of p4 would require taking a bunch of derivatives and integrating. We are going to try to avoid that, by noting that the unperturbed Hamiltonian for Hydrogen is p2 H = + V (r) (35.20) 2 m so that the operator p2 acts according to 2 p j ni = 2 m (En − V (r)) j ni ; (35.21) and we can write D E 1 ∆E = − 4 m2 (E − V (r))2 = − hE i2 − 2 hE V (r) i + hV (r)2i ; n 2 m c4 n n (35.22) 4 of 8 35.2. HYDROGEN CORRECTION Lecture 35 where all the expectation values are w.r.t. the state j ni { i.e. for the above, hEni = h nj En j ni. The energy En is just a number, so comes out of all expectation values. For Hydrogen, the potential is e2 V (r) = − (35.23) 4 π 0 r and we see that in order to evaluate the expectation values hV (r)i and its 1 1 square, we will need to know the expectation values: h r i and h r2 i. The full target expression is 2 2 2 ! 1 2 e 1 e 1 ∆E = 4 En + 2 En + 2 : (35.24) 2 m c 4 π 0 r 4 π 0 r 35.2.1 Feynman-Hellmann Formula The Feynman-Hellmann theorem concerns the change in energy of a quantum mechanical system given a change in some parameter in the Hamiltonian. For a Hamiltonian dependent on a parameter λ: H(λ), we have H(λ) j ni = En j ni ; (35.25) and both the energy and potentially the state j ni inherit dependence on λ through the eigenvalue equation. Suppose we perturb λ a bit: λ −! λ + d λ, how does the energy of a particular eigenstate respond? This is basically the same question we've been asking all along in this perturbation section, so we know the answer already: @H H(λ + dλ) = H(λ) + dλ + O(d λ2); (35.26) @λ ¯ ¯ and assuming that En −! En + En d λ, j ni −! j ni + d λ n , we have @H E + E¯ d λ = E + h j j i dλ. (35.27) n n n n @λ n This tells us that @H E¯ = h j j i (35.28) n n @λ n 5 of 8 35.2. HYDROGEN CORRECTION Lecture 35 to first order in d λ { but viewing En(λ) as itself a function of the @En parameter λ, we can also Taylor expand: En(λ+d λ) = En(λ)+ @λ d λ+ :::, leading to the final identification: @E @H n = h j j i ; (35.29) @λ n @λ n which is the Feynman-Hellmann formula. Note that the \other" terms in the expansion would be associated naturally with higher derivatives of En, evaluated about the point λ. The utility of (35.29) should be clear { think of the radial Hamiltonian for Hydrogen: 2 2 2 2 ~ d ~ ` (` + 1) e Hr = − 2 + 2 − ; (35.30) 2 m dr 2 m r 4 π 0 r the \parameter" e leads to @H e 1 r = − ; (35.31) @e 2 π 0 r while the derivative w.r.t.
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