Van Der Waals on gdpark.bloghttps://gdpark.blog/tags/van-der-waals/Recent content in Van Der Waals on gdpark.blogHugoenFri, 25 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000Van der Waals Interaction and the Stark Effect [Quantum Mechanics I Studied #33]https://gdpark.blog/posts/quantum-mechanics-33-van-der-waals-interaction-and-the-stark-effect/Fri, 25 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://gdpark.blog/posts/quantum-mechanics-33-van-der-waals-interaction-and-the-stark-effect/Turns out neutral atoms <em>do</em> attract each other — we Taylor-expand the Coulomb mess in Griffiths 6.31 to derive the Van der Waals interaction using perturbation theory.