Assignment # 1

Course: Atomic and Molecular Physics

Semester: Spring 2024

Section: 8th A

1. (a) Verify that all the eigenfunctions with 𝑙 = 1 are orthogonal to 𝑌0,0 .
(b) Verify that all the eigenfunctions with 𝑙 = 1 are orthogonal to those with 𝑙 = 2.

2. (a) Find the eigenfunction with orbital angular momentum quantum number l and
magnetic quantum number 𝑚 = 𝑙 − 1.
(b) Verify that 𝑌𝑙,𝑙−1 is orthogonal to 𝑌𝑙−1,𝑙−1.

3. Find the ground-state electron energy 𝐸1 by using the radial wave function 𝑅 that
corresponds to 𝑛 = 1, 𝑙 = 0 .

4. Find the equatorial velocity of an electron under the assumption that it is a uniform
sphere of radius 𝑟 = 5.00 × 1017 𝑚 that is rotating about an axis through its center.

5. Estimate the magnetic energy 𝑈 for an electron in the 2𝑝 state of a hydrogen atom using
the Bohr model, whose 𝑛 = 2 state corresponds to the 2𝑝 state.