First order corrections to energy and wavefunctions - Perturbation Theory (Time indep. non degen)

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In this video I will derive the first order corrections to the energy levels and the wavefunctions in time independent, non degenerate perturbation theory. This is content that is usually covered in a second course in QM

My name is Nick Heumann, I am a recently graduated physicist. I love to teach physics, so I decided to give YouTube a try. English is not my first language, but I hope that you can understand me well enough regardless.
▬ Contents of this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
00:00 Introduction to Quantum Mechanics II
00:24 What is perturbation theory?
03:05 Why do we care about PT in QM?
05:16 Setting up the perturbative equations
14:40 Finding the first order corrections to the energy levels
21:20 Finding the first order corrections to the wavefunctions
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You're a perfect physicist, mathematian and teacher....have been watching huddles of videos day and night until I spotted this.. it's enlightened me totally, , , thanks sir.. continue with the same Spirit..you explain well more than the books I've read

erasnguma
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This has been very helpful. You are perfect. ✅ 💯. Respect from KENYA

charlesrotich
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Thank you, before it was so difficult to me.

TEMESGENMEKORO
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But why do we take a linear combination for 1st order correction? How does that come up mathematically? Doesn't that tell me that the 1st order correction is also a state of the unperturbed Hamiltonian, then how does that help?

Amit-gi
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Good explanation. In the case of a quantum harmonic oscillator if you have a perturbation term equal to x^4 you get a function of n for the first order energy correction. Namely the higher the n the higher the first order correction. How can we explain that? Does it make sense from a physical point of view?

Artizz
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27.15, Instead of multiplying with psi l 0 in the bra side why can't you directly multiply with psi m zero?

drvksau
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I’m really grateful for you🙏 Thank you, may I ask where’s the video where you solve the second order correction for non-degenerate perturbation theory?

monai
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Thanks you! Incredible well explained.

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