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Time-independent perturbation expansion

Efstratios Manousakis

Published Nov 1, 2015• 0 citations
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Abstract This chapter discusses time-indendent perturbation theory. It discusses the non-degenerate case first and then the case of application of perturbation theory for the case in which the state is degenerate. It further discusses the case of quasi-degeneracy.
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10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198749349.003.0020

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