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Journal of Yibin University

On the Momentum Operator in Polar Coordinates

Feng Wen-Lin

Published Jan 1, 2011• 0 citations
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Abstract

By using the relation between polar coordinates and cartesian descartes coordinates and the method of symmetry,and with the consideration of the course of construction and the hermicity and commutability of operators,the components of momentum operator in polar coordinates are constructed as:pρ-ih(/ρ+1/2ρ),pφ=-i-h/ρ.

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