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# Time-independent perturbation theory
-*Time-independent perturbation theory*, sometimes also called
-*stationary state perturbation theory*, is a specific application of
+**Time-independent perturbation theory**, sometimes also called
+**stationary state perturbation theory**, is a specific application of
perturbation theory to the time-independent Schrödinger
equation in quantum physics, for
Hamiltonians of the following form:
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ $$\begin{aligned}
&= E_n^{(0)} + \lambda E_n^{(1)} + \lambda^2 E_n^{(2)} + ...
\end{aligned}$$
-Where $E_n^{(1)}$ and $\ket*{\psi_n^{(1)}}$ are called the *first-order
-corrections*, and so on for higher orders. We insert this into the
+Where $E_n^{(1)}$ and $\ket*{\psi_n^{(1)}}$ are called the **first-order
+corrections**, and so on for higher orders. We insert this into the
Schrödinger equation:
$$\begin{aligned}
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ $$\begin{aligned}
The approach to solving the other two equations varies depending on
whether this $\hat{H}_0$ has a degenerate spectrum or not.
+
## Without degeneracy
We start by assuming that there is no degeneracy, in other words, each
@@ -178,6 +179,7 @@ $$\begin{aligned}
In practice, it is not particulary useful to calculate more corrections.
+
## With degeneracy
If $\varepsilon_n$ is $D$-fold degenerate, then its eigenstate could be
@@ -295,7 +297,7 @@ The trick is to find a Hermitian operator $\hat{L}$ (usually using
symmetries of the system) which commutes with both $\hat{H}_0$ and $\hat{H}_1$:
$$\begin{aligned}
- [\hat{L}, \hat{H}_0] = [\hat{L}, \hat{H}_1] = 0
+ \comm*{\hat{L}}{\hat{H}_0} = \comm{\hat{L}}{\hat{H}_1} = 0
\end{aligned}$$
So that it shares its eigenstates with $\hat{H}_0$ (and $\hat{H}_1$),