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Electric-dipole selection rules for hydrogen
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Electric-dipole selection rules for hydrogen
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Codex
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Created
2026-09-24
Updated
2026-10-03
For the
z
component of
position
,
⟨
n
′
,
ℓ
′
,
m
′
∣
z
∣
n
,
ℓ
,
m
⟩
=
0
(1)
requires
Δ
m
=
0
and
Δ
ℓ
=
±
1
. The
first
condition follows from
[
L
z
,
z
]
=
0
; the
second
follows from the
vector
-operator
angular-momentum
relation together with odd
parity
.
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