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Is the Thomas precession a correction to a Lorentz transformation or an interaction?
In the heuristic derivations I have seen for the fine structure of hydrogen includes three terms spin-orbit coupling, Darwin term and corrections to the kinetic energy. For the spin-orbit coupling the ...
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Confusion of spin-orbit coupling in Hydrogen atom
I'm learning the fine structure of hydrogen and feel a little confused about the spin-orbit coupling term in the hamiltonian.
The corrected hamiltonian is:
$$H = \frac{\vec{P}^2}{2m}+ V(R)-\frac{\vec{...
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Origin of spin-orbit interaction
The spin-orbit interaction in a hydrogen atom is often explained as arising from an interaction energy $U=-\mathbf{m}\cdot\mathbf{B}$ where $\mathbf{m}$ is a magnetic moment due to the electron’s spin ...
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