Department of Physics and Astronomy: Publications and Other Research
Date of this Version
August 1973
Abstract
A previous paper by Starace showed that the length formula for the electric-dipole matrix element is the only consistent one for calculations that solve for the exact eigenfunctions of an approximate Hamiltonian containing a nonlocal potential. It is emphasized here that disagreement between such a length-formula calculation and experiment indicates inadequacy of the approximate Hamiltonian and not that the velocity formula may be preferable.
Comments
Published by American Physical Society. Phys. Rev. A 8, 1141 (1973). http://pra.aps.org. Copyright © 1973 American Physical Society. Permission to use.