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The \bgroup\color{black}$\ell=1$\egroup Angular Momentum Operators

We will use states of definite \bgroup\color{black}$L_z$\egroup, the \bgroup\color{black}$Y_{1m}$\egroup.

\begin{eqnarray*}
& \langle \ell m'\vert L_z\vert\ell m\rangle =m\hbar \delta_{m'm} \\
& L_z=\hbar\left(\matrix{1&0&0\cr 0&0&0\cr 0&0&-1}\right)
\end{eqnarray*}



\begin{eqnarray*}
& \langle \ell m'\vert L_\pm\vert\ell m\rangle =\sqrt{\ell (\e...
...\hbar\left(\matrix{0&0&0\cr \sqrt{2}&0&0\cr 0&\sqrt{2}&0}\right)
\end{eqnarray*}



\begin{eqnarray*}
& L_x={1\over 2}(L_+ + L_-)={\hbar\over\sqrt{2}}\left(\matrix{...
...ar\over\sqrt{2}i}\left(\matrix{0&1&0\cr -1&0&1\cr 0&-1&0}\right)
\end{eqnarray*}



What is the dimension of the matrices for $\ell =2$?
Dimension 5.Derive the matrix operators for $\ell =2$.
Just do it.



James Branson
2001-09-17