International Journal of Magnetics and Electromagnetism
Classical Dipole Emission Rate of Energy Compared with Quantum Dissipative Emission Rate
Stanisław Olszewski
Abstract
The time rate of energy emission in three quantum simple systems - the hydrogen atom, electron particle in a one-dimensional potential box and harmonic oscillator - has been calculated in two ways. The first one, based on the dipole approximation for the emitted energy, refers to classical electrodynamics. The other way is corresponding to quantum transitions of a single electron between definite energy levels. In this case the time of any transition is obtained by applying the Joule law characteristic for the dissipation of energy. The intensity of quantum transitions is found to be by several orders higher than the classical ones.