Consider the spontaneous emission of a photon by an excited atom. The process is known to be

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Consider the spontaneous emission of a photon by an excited atom. The process is known to be an E1 transition. Suppose the magnetic quantum number of the atom decreases by one unit. What is the angular distribution of the emitted photon? Also discuss the polarization of the photon, with attention to angular-momentum conservation for the whole (atom plus photon) system.

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Modern Quantum Mechanics

ISBN: 9780805382914

2nd Edition

Authors: J. J. Sakurai, Jim J. Napolitano

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