Keywords: Stark splitting in hydrogen.png This graph shows the energy eigenvalues of Stark shifts in hydrogen as a function of electric field strength Magnetic quantum number m 1 parabolic quantum number n1 ˆ’ n2 -n+2 -n+4 n-4 n-2; states with higher principle quantum number n experience a greater energy shift for a given electric field strength For large field strengths energy eigenvalues do not actually cross; rather the solutions are given by the Mathieu functions DJIndica Source Created using MATLAB 6 5 Date 16/3/2006 Author Jeffrey Philippson Hydrogen physics |