Talk:Oscillator strength

The notation on this page is confusing.

Shouldn't the set of degenerate states be denoted something like 1_i, 1 indicating the energy and i being the index for the sub-states?



f_{12} = \frac{2 }{3}\frac{m_e}{\hbar^2}(E_2 - E_1) \sum_{i,j} \sum_{\alpha=x,y,z} | \langle 1_i | R_\alpha | 2_j \rangle |^2, $$ rather than

f_{12} = \frac{2 }{3}\frac{m_e}{\hbar^2}(E_2 - E_1) \sum_{m_2} \sum_{\alpha=x,y,z} | \langle 1 m_1 | R_\alpha | 2 m_2 \rangle |^2, $$

This notation will make the discussion about degeneracy clearer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.102.102.42 (talk • contribs) February 10, 2010

Your criticism only makes sense in the absence of elementary knowledge of quantum mechanics. The correction you propose would actually add to the confusion because numbers and letters correspond to different physical meanings.

Wrong definition oscillator strength
In the first sentence of the article it is stated that the oscillator strength is a probability of the transition between two energy levels. This would imply that oscillator strength can not exceed unity or be negative. This is not the case in quantum dots and therefore it can not be a probability: see also this scientific paper — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:67C:2564:A311:BC09:2332:E0B8:285 (talk) 11:31, 11 June 2020 (UTC)