Journal of Anhui Normal University

A SIMPLE DERIVATION OF THE WIGNER-ECKART THEOREM

Huang Shi-zhong

Published Jan 1, 2003• 0 citations

Abstract

Based on the commutation relations between the components of an irreducible tensor operator of rank k and the angular momentum operator, a simple derivation of the Wigner-Eckart theorem is presented with the aid of the properties of angular momentum operators and their eigenstates.

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