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Quantum Theory of a Radiating Harmonically Bound Charge

Emilio Fiordilino

subject

PhysicsDecay timesymbols.namesakeRadiation dampingQuantum mechanicsQuantum electrodynamicssymbolsEquations of motionHydrogen atomHamiltonian (quantum mechanics)Harmonic oscillator

description

A phenomenological Hamiltonian giving the equation of motion of a non relativistic charges that accelerates and radiates is quantized. The theory is applied to the harmonic oscillator. To derive the decay time the physical parameters entering the calculations are obtained from the theory of the hydrogen atom; the agree- ment of the predicted value with the experiments is striking although the mathematics is very simple.

https://doi.org/10.4236/jmp.2010.14040