Homework Solutions #6 (McIntyre Ch 7 & 11)

7.15
(a) You can do the normalization integral as a contour integral, but it’s a
pretty standard form that is easily doable by common software such as
Mathematica. You get:
3
Z
∗
Z 2π
|N |2 4π|N |2 34
dφ ψ ψ = dφ = √ =1 ⇒ N= √
0 (2 + cos(3φ))2 3 3 2 π

(b)
(c)

N∗
Z 2π !
∂ N
hLz i = −ih̄ dφ =0
0 2 + cos(3φ) ∂φ 2 + cos(3φ)

You can see the integral has to be 0 because ψ(φ) is real, therefore the
integral is imaginary, and hLz i has to be real.

7.26 Using eiφ = cos φ + i sin φ, it’s easy to verify the given form for L± .
Now, using these operators,
s
±iφ 3 √
L± Y10 = h̄e (∓ sin θ) = h̄ 2 Y1±1
4π

L± Y1±1 = 0

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 s
3 √
L± Y1∓1 = h̄ (2 cos θ) = h̄ 2 Y10
8π
All of these fit the pattern in
q
L± Y1m = h̄ 1(1 + 1) − m(m ± 1) Y1m±1 or
q
L± |1mi = h̄ 1(1 + 1) − m(m ± 1) |1, m ± 1i

7.29 Most of these probabilities can be read directly off the coefficients of
the given state.

(a) There is no component of |ψi with m = 2, but there are m = −1 and

m = 0 components.
 1 2  1 2  i 2
     
1 1
PLz =2h̄ = 0 PLz =−h̄ = √  = PLz =0h̄ = √  +  √  =
    
 2 2  3  6 2

(b) Since we already have the probabilities,

h̄
hLz i = PLz =−h̄ (−h̄) + PLz =0h̄ (0h̄) = −
2

(c) l = 1 and l = 0 is possible, with probabilities easily read off from |ψi
to be 56 and 16 . Therefore

5h̄2
hL2 i = Pl=1 (h̄2 1(1 + 1)) + Pl=0 (h̄2 0(0 + 1)) =
3

5h̄2
(d) hEi = h 2I1 L2 i = 1
2I
hL2 i = 6µr02

1
(e) Using Ly = 2i
(L+ − L− ), we get
!
1 1 i 1
hLy i = √ h1, −1| + √ h10| − √ h00| (L+ − L− )
2 3 6 2i
!
1 1 i
√ |1, −1i + √ |10i + √ |00i = 0
2 3 6

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11.4
(a) Eigenstates: |mi, with m = 32 , 12 , − 21 , − 32 . Eigenvalue equations:
15 2
S2 |mi = h̄ |mi Sz |mi = mh̄|mi
4
(b)
1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
   

. 15  0 1 0 0 
. h̄  0 1 0 0 
S2 = h̄2  
Sz =  
0 0 1 0 0 0 −1 0
   
4   2 
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 −3

(c) Calculating the matrix elements hm|S+ |ni, we get

 √   
0 3 0 0 √0 0 0 0
0 0 2 √0 3 0 0 0
   
.  . 
S+†
 
S+ = h̄   S− = = h̄  
 0
 0 0 3 


 0 2 √0 0 

0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Therefore
 √ 
3 0 √0 0
1 . h̄  0 2 3 √0
 

Sx = (S+ + S− ) =  
2 2 2 √0 0 3 

0 3 0 0
 √ 
√ 0 − 3i 0 0
1 . h̄  3i 0 −2i 0
 
√

Sy = (S+ − S− ) =  
2i 2 0 2i √0 − 3i 

0 0 3i 0

(d) The eigenvalues should be mh̄, with m = 32 , 21 , − 12 , − 32 .


 −λ
√ 
 √ 3 0 0 

3 −λ 2 √0
 
= λ2 (λ2 −3)−4λ2 −3(λ2 −3) = (λ2 −9)(λ2 −1) = 0
 
 
 0
 2 −λ√ 3 

−λ
 
 0 0 3 

The solutions, including the factor of h̄2 , are mh̄, with m = 32 , 12 , − 12 , − 23 .

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