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Micro, Nano, and Molecular Systems Article 2001

Reply to “Comment on ‘Phenomenological damping in optical response tensors’”

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Micro, Nano, and Molecular Systems
Peer Fischer
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We show that damping factors must not be incorporated in the perturbation of the ground state by a static electric field. If they are included, as in the theory of Stedman et al. {[}preceding Comment. Phys. Rev. A 63, 047801 (2001)], then there would be an electric dipole in the y direction induced in a hydrogen atom in the M-s = + 1/2 state by a static electric field in the x direction. Such a dipole is excluded by symmetry.

Author(s): Buckingham, AD and Fischer, Peer
Journal: PHYSICAL REVIEW A
Volume: 63
Number (issue): 4
Year: 2001
Bibtex Type: Article (article)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.63.047802
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BibTex 

@article{ISI:000168095300140,
  title = {Reply to ``Comment on `Phenomenological damping in optical response tensors'{''}},
  journal = {PHYSICAL REVIEW A},
  abstract = {We show that damping factors must not be incorporated in the perturbation of the ground state by a static electric field. If they are included, as in the theory of Stedman et al. {[}preceding Comment. Phys. Rev. A 63, 047801 (2001)], then there would be an electric dipole in the y direction induced in a hydrogen atom in the M-s = + 1/2 state by a static electric field in the x direction. Such a dipole is excluded by symmetry.},
  volume = {63},
  number = {4},
  year = {2001},
  slug = {isi-000168095300140},
  author = {Buckingham, AD and Fischer, Peer}
}