A spin 3/2 nucleus situated at the origin is subjected to an external inhomogeneous electric field. The

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A spin 3/2 nucleus situated at the origin is subjected to an external inhomogeneous electric field. The basic electric quadrupole interaction may be taken to be where ? is the electrostatic potential satisfying Laplace?s equation and the coordinate axes are so chosen that, show that the interaction energy can be written as and express A and B in terms of (?²? / ?x²)0 and so on. Determine the energy eigenkets (in terms |m>, where m = ? 3/2, ? ?) and the corresponding energy eigenvalues. Is there any degeneracy?