Chapter 4: Q10P (page 153)
Work out the radial wave functions ,andusing the recursion formula. Don鈥檛 bother to normalize them.
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The workout radial wave functions are:
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Chapter 4: Q10P (page 153)
Work out the radial wave functions ,andusing the recursion formula. Don鈥檛 bother to normalize them.
The workout radial wave functions are:
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(a) Normalize (Equation 4.82), and construct the function.
(b) Normalize(Equation 4.83), and construct the function.
Construct the matrixrepresenting the component of spin angular momentum along an arbitrary direction. Use spherical coordinates, for which
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Find the eigenvalues and (normalized) eigen spinors of. Answer:
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Note: You're always free to multiply by an arbitrary phase factor-say,-so your answer may not look exactly the same as mine.
Work out the normalization factor for the spherical harmonics, as follows. From Section 4.1.2we know that
the problem is to determine the factor (which I quoted, but did not derive, in Equation 4.32). Use Equations 4.120, 4.121, and 4.130to obtain a recursion
relation giving in terms of . Solve it by induction on to get up to an overall constant , .Finally, use the result of Problem 4.22 to fix the constant. You may find the following formula for the derivative of an associated Legendre function useful:
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(a) A particle of spin1and a particle of spin 2 are at rest in a configuration such that the total spin is 3, and its z component is . If you measured the z component of the angular momentum of the spin-2particle, what values might you get, and what is the probability of each one?
(b) An electron with spin down is in the stateof the hydrogen atom. If you could measure the total angular momentum squared of the electron alone (not including the proton spin), what values might you get, and what is the probability of each?
Use equations 4.27 4.28 and 4.32 to construct Check that they are normalized and orthogonal
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