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</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with the entries or elements of a <a href="Matrix_(mathematics)" title="Matrix (mathematics)">matrix</a>, nor with the <a href="Matrix_coefficient" title="Matrix coefficient">matrix coefficient</a>.</div>

<p>In physics, particularly in <a href="Perturbation_theory_(quantum_mechanics)" title="Perturbation theory (quantum mechanics)">quantum perturbation theory</a>, the <b>matrix element</b> refers to the <a href="Linear_operator" class="mw-redirect" title="Linear operator">linear operator</a> of a modified <a href="Hamiltonian_(quantum_mechanics)" title="Hamiltonian (quantum mechanics)">Hamiltonian</a> using <a href="Dirac_notation" class="mw-redirect" title="Dirac notation">Dirac notation</a>. It is in fact referring to the matrix elements of a Hamiltonian operator which serves the purpose of calculating transition probabilities between different quantum states.

</p><p>The matrix element considers the effect of the newly modified Hamiltonian (i.e. the linear superposition of the <a href="Perturbation_theory_(quantum_mechanics)" title="Perturbation theory (quantum mechanics)">unperturbed</a> Hamiltonian plus interaction potential) on the <a href="Quantum_state" title="Quantum state">quantum state</a>.

</p><p>Matrix elements are important in <a href="Atomic_physics" title="Atomic physics">atomic</a>, <a href="Nuclear_physics" title="Nuclear physics">nuclear</a> and <a href="Particle_physics" title="Particle physics">particle physics</a>.

</p><p>In simple terms, we say that a Hamiltonian or some other operator/observable will cause a transition from an initial quantum state <span class="mwe-math-element mwe-math-element-inline"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle |i\rangle }">

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</math></span></span>where the last line is the probability amplitude of transition caused by some operator <span class="mwe-math-element mwe-math-element-inline"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle {\hat {H}}}">

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</math></span><img src="./ea70458ed896047f26a9b41360d7a4b1e9f5e07f.svg" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:4.66ex; height:2.676ex;" alt="{\displaystyle M^{i,f}}" loading="lazy"></span> encapsulating this information. In effect, the calculation involves finding the matrix elements of the H-operator which gives this information of transition between two states. Examples of this can be seen in nuclear physics such as in the <a href="Beta_decay_transition" title="Beta decay transition">beta decay transition</a>, <a href="Neutrinoless_double_beta_decay" title="Neutrinoless double beta decay">neutrinoless double beta decay</a> and <a href="Double_beta_decay" title="Double beta decay">double beta decay</a>.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Perturbation_Theory">Perturbation Theory</h2></div>

<p>Consider an <a href="Perturbation_theory_(quantum_mechanics)" title="Perturbation theory (quantum mechanics)">unperturbed</a> initial system which can be represented by the following Hamiltonian operator:<span class="mwe-math-element mwe-math-element-block"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-display mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math display="block" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle {\hat {H}}={\frac {-\hbar ^{2}}{2m}}\nabla ^{2}+V,}">

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</math></span></span>where V is the potential energy of the system and m the mass of a particle. Solving the <a href="Schr%C3%B6dinger_equation" title="Schrödinger equation">Schrödinger equation</a> for a wave-function <span class="mwe-math-element mwe-math-element-inline"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle |\Psi \rangle }">

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</math></span><img src="./6e77f6b1e903837c5765c9683da41dd93199621c.svg" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:3.36ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle |\Psi \rangle }" loading="lazy"></span> for the set of separable solutions, we get the following eigenequation for the time-independent Schrödinger equation:<span class="mwe-math-element mwe-math-element-block"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-display mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math display="block" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle {\hat {H}}_{\psi }^{(0)}|\psi _{n}^{0}\rangle =E_{n}^{0}|\psi _{n}^{0}\rangle .}">

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</math></span></span> Here, the superscripts represent the perturbation level of correction where 0 represents the unperturbed system and any integers n > 0 represent the levels of correction to the system (e.g. <span class="mwe-math-element mwe-math-element-inline"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle E_{n}^{1}}">

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</p><p>Due to the <a href="Orthonormality" title="Orthonormality">orthonormality</a> of the <a href="Quantum_state" title="Quantum state">eigenstates</a> where <span class="mwe-math-element mwe-math-element-inline"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \langle \psi _{m}^{0}|\psi _{n}^{0}\rangle =\delta _{nm}}">

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</math></span></span>Physically, the matrix elements here represent the transition probability amplitude for a particle in eigenstate n to transition to eigenstate m due to the interaction governed by the unperturbed Hamiltonian. Since in the unperturbed Hamiltonian system these eigenstates are uncoupled, <span class="mwe-math-element mwe-math-element-inline"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle {\hat {H}}_{\psi }^{(0)}}">

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</p><p>Suppose we perturb the system by a linear addition of a new interaction or perturbation Hamiltonian <span class="mwe-math-element mwe-math-element-inline"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle {\hat {H}}^{int}}">

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</math></span></span>This result states that by adding a perturbation to the unperturbed Hamiltonian, there is a non-zero probability chance of the eigenstates transitioning between one another. An example of this can be with the electron wave-function in the <a href="Hydrogen" title="Hydrogen">hydrogen</a> atom and the electrons in <a href="Helium" title="Helium">helium</a>. If the electron wave-function eigenstates can be represented by the unperturbed Hamiltonian, where <span class="mwe-math-element mwe-math-element-inline"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle V}">

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</p><p>This makes calculating the matrix elements of the interaction Hamiltonian very important for finding the energy levels and wave-functions of particles in a different atomic elements and nuclide. This many-body Hamiltonian problem becomes very complicated with the addition of more electrons, protons and neutrons as we go to other elements in the periodic table.

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<ul><li><a href="Fermi's_golden_rule" title="Fermi's golden rule">Fermi's golden rule</a></li></ul>

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