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Infinitesimal Rotations and Angular Momentum

Igal Talmi

Published Oct 6, 2017• 0 citations
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Instead of considering the transformation properties of irreducible tensors under finite rotations, we will now consider transformations under infinitesimal rotations. Those rotations can be characterized by choosing a definite axis and a rotation around it by an infinitesimal angle δϕ . Consider rotations around the z-axis ( z′ = z ). Under a finite anticlockwise rotation of the frame of reference by an angle ϕ , the coordinates x′, y′ are given in terms of x, y by ( 6.1 ) x ′ = x cos ϕ + y sin ϕ x = x ′ cos ϕ − y ′ sin ϕ y ′ = − x sin ϕ + y cos ϕ y = x ′ sin ϕ + y ′ cos ϕ https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780203739716/ff034a11-a369-4bc6-a470-f8cf1794dcb5/content/eq268.tif"/>

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10.1201/9780203739716-6

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Instead of considering the transformation properties of irreducible tensors under finite rotations, we will now consider transformations under infinitesimal rotations. Those rotations can be characterized by choosing a definite axis and a rotation around it by an infinitesimal angle δϕ . Consider rotations around the z-axis ( z′ = z ). Under a finite anticlockwise rotation of the frame of reference by an angle ϕ , the coordinates x′, y′ are given in terms of x, y by ( 6.1 ) x ′ = x cos ϕ + y sin ϕ x = x ′ cos ϕ − y ′ sin ϕ y ′ = − x sin ϕ + y cos ϕ y = x ′ sin ϕ + y ′ cos ϕ https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780203739716/ff034a11-a369-4bc6-a470-f8cf1794dcb5/content/eq268.tif"/>
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In Section 3 we saw how to combine the intrinsic spin s and the orbital angular momentum L to form eigenstates of J 2 where J = L + s . The coefficients in ( 3.30 ) and ( 3.31 ) are special cases of a general class of transformation coefficients. The states on the r.h.s. of ( 3.30 ) and ( 3.31 ) are eigenstates of s 2 , s z , L 2 , L z . On the left hand side there are eigenstates of s 2 , L 2 , J 2 and J z . In general, we may start with any two sets ψ j 1 m 1 , ψ j 2 m 2 https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780203739716/ff034a11-a369-4bc6-a470-f8cf1794dcb5/content/eq354.tif"/> of two different systems. The spins j 1 and j 2 may be either orbital angular momenta or total spins of two particles, two intrinsic spins or one orbital angular momentum and one intrinsic spin. The latter case was considered in Section 3. In other cases j 1 may be the rank of an irreducible tensor operator and j 2 the angular momentum of a wave function or both j 1 and j 2 may be the ranks of two irreducible tensor operators. To simplify the notation we will use, for the transformation of the sets ψ j 1 m 1 , ψ j 2 m 2 https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780203739716/ff034a11-a369-4bc6-a470-f8cf1794dcb5/content/eq355.tif"/> under infinitesimal rotations, the expressions ( 6.20 ). This will not detract from the applicability of the following results to other tensorial sets. As pointed out several times above, the following mathematical derivations have general validity and are independent of the physical nature of ψ j 1 m 1 https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780203739716/ff034a11-a369-4bc6-a470-f8cf1794dcb5/content/eq356.tif"/> and ψ j 2 m 2 https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780203739716/ff034a11-a369-4bc6-a470-f8cf1794dcb5/content/eq357.tif"/> . They are due only to the transformation properties of the two sets under rotations.
The orbital angular momentum operator has been introduced by Postulate 2 as a vector operator L → ^ = r → × p → ^ https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781003078265/e77b8ce0-ccb3-48ed-9f6d-a84c8cb529c5/content/inline-eqn8_1_B.tif"/> whose Cartesian components, Eq.(2.18) , correspond to those of the classical observable for a single particle. As a consequence of Postulate 4, the components L ^ x https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781003078265/e77b8ce0-ccb3-48ed-9f6d-a84c8cb529c5/content/inline-eqn8_2_B.tif"/> , L ^ y https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781003078265/e77b8ce0-ccb3-48ed-9f6d-a84c8cb529c5/content/inline-eqn8_3_B.tif"/> and L ^ z https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781003078265/e77b8ce0-ccb3-48ed-9f6d-a84c8cb529c5/content/inline-eqn8_4_B.tif"/> do not commute with one another, Eq.(4.47) , and all commute with L ^ 2 https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781003078265/e77b8ce0-ccb3-48ed-9f6d-a84c8cb529c5/content/inline-eqn8_5_B.tif"/> , and this implies that the eigenstates of L → ^ https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781003078265/e77b8ce0-ccb3-48ed-9f6d-a84c8cb529c5/content/inline-eqn8_6_B.tif"/> are simultaneous eigenfunctions of L ^ 2 https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781003078265/e77b8ce0-ccb3-48ed-9f6d-a84c8cb529c5/content/inline-eqn8_7_B.tif"/> and of one component L ^ i https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781003078265/e77b8ce0-ccb3-48ed-9f6d-a84c8cb529c5/content/inline-eqn8_8_B.tif"/> , at a time. Similar properties are exhibited by the angular momentum vector operator of a system of particles, which is defined as the vector sum over the individual particle operators: J → ^ = ∑ p L → ^ ( p ) , J ^ 2 = J ^ x 2 + J ^ y 2 + J ^ z 2 https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781003078265/e77b8ce0-ccb3-48ed-9f6d-a84c8cb529c5/content/eqn8_108_B.tif"/> such that, because the coordinate and momentum operator for two different particles are commuting operators, we have: 8.1 [ J ^ x , J ^ y ] = [ ∑ p L ^ x ( p ) , ∑ q L ^ y ( q ) ] = ∑ p ∑ q [ L ^ x ( p ) , L ^ y ( q ) ] = ∑ p [ L ^ x ( p ) , L ^ y ( q ) ] = i h ∑ p [ L ^ z ( p ) = i h J ^ z https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781003078265/e77b8ce0-ccb3-48ed-9f6d-a84c8cb529c5/content/eqn8_1_B.tif"/> and similarly: 8.2 [ J ^ y , J ^ z ] = i h J ^ x , [ J ^ z , J ^ x ] = i h J ^ y https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781003078265/e77b8ce0-ccb3-48ed-9f6d-a84c8cb529c5/content/eqn8_2_B.tif"/>
Q36(1) The spherical harmonics Y 1,1 ( θ , φ ), Y 1,0 ( θ , φ ), Y 1, −1( θ , φ ) are given by Eqs. (16.65) to (16.67). In Cartesian coordinates, these functions are given by 1 Y 1 , − 1 ( x , y , z ) = 3 8 π x − i y r , Y 1 , 0 ( x , y , z ) = 3 4 π z r , Y 1 , 1 ( x , y , z ) = − 3 8 π x + i y r . https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780429296475/bdc73243-97dc-4cf5-9624-109e4c3275b1/content/eqn0667.tif"/> (a) Using the expression in Cartesian coordinates for the quantised orbital angular momentum operator L ^ c z https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780429296475/bdc73243-97dc-4cf5-9624-109e4c3275b1/content/ieq1694.tif"/> in Eq. (27.86), verify by explicit calculations that Y 1,1 ( x , y , z ), Y 1,0 ( x , y , z )and Y 1,-1 ( x , y , z ) are the eigenfunctions of L ^ c z https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780429296475/bdc73243-97dc-4cf5-9624-109e4c3275b1/content/ieq1695.tif"/> corresponding to eigenvalues ħ , 0 and – ħ . (b) Consider the following coordinate transformations: x → z ′ , y → x ′ , z → y ′ . https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780429296475/bdc73243-97dc-4cf5-9624-109e4c3275b1/content/eqn0668.tif"/> (1) 202 Show that the component of the orbital angular momentum operator along the z ′-direction is the same as that along the x -direction, i.e., show that L ^ c z ′ = L ^ c z https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780429296475/bdc73243-97dc-4cf5-9624-109e4c3275b1/content/ieq1696.tif"/> . (2) Show that the simultaneous eigenfunctions of L ^ c 2 https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780429296475/bdc73243-97dc-4cf5-9624-109e4c3275b1/content/ieq1697.tif"/> and L ^ c x https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780429296475/bdc73243-97dc-4cf5-9624-109e4c3275b1/content/ieq1698.tif"/> corresponding to eigenvalues of L ^ c 2 https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780429296475/bdc73243-97dc-4cf5-9624-109e4c3275b1/content/ieq1699.tif"/> equal to 2 ħ 2 are given in Cartesian coordinates by X 1 , − 1 ( x , y , z ) = 3 8 π y − i z r , X 1 , 0 ( x , y , z ) = 3 4 π x r , X 1 , 1 ( x , y , z ) = − 3 8 π y + i z r . https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780429296475/bdc73243-97dc-4cf5-9624-109e4c3275b1/content/eqn0669.tif"/> SQ36(1)(a) In Cartesian coordinates we have 2 : p ^ x Y → 1 , − 1 : = − i ℏ 3 8 π ∂ ∂ x x − i y r = − i ℏ 3 8 π ( 1 r − x − i y r 2 ∂ ∂ x r ) = − i ℏ 3 8 π ( 1 r − x − i y r 2 x r ) = − i ℏ 3 8 π 1 r 3 ( r 2 − x 2 + i x y ) . https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780429296475/bdc73243-97dc-4cf5-9624-109e4c3275b1/content/eqn0670.tif"/> p ^ y Y → 1 , − 1 : = − i ℏ 3 8 π ∂ ∂ y x − i y r = − i ℏ 3 8 π ( − i r − x − i y r 2 ∂ ∂ y r ) = − i ℏ 3 8 π ( − i r − x − i y r 2 y r ) = − i ℏ 3 8 π 1 r 3 ( − i r 2 − x y + i y 2 ) . https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780429296475/bdc73243-97dc-4cf5-9624-109e4c3275b1/content/eqn0671.tif"/> L ^ z Y → 1 , − 1 : = ( x p ^ y − y p ^ x ) Y 1 , − 1 = − i ℏ 3 8 π 1 r 3 ( ( − i x r 2 − x 2 y + i x y 2 ) − ( y r 2 − y x 2 + i x y 2 ) ) = − i ℏ 3 8 π 1 r 3 ( − i x r 2 − y r 2 ) = − ℏ 3 8 π 1 r { x − i y } = − ℏ Y 1 , − 1 . https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780429296475/bdc73243-97dc-4cf5-9624-109e4c3275b1/content/eqn0672.tif"/> 203 Next we have p ^ x Y → 1 , 0 : = − i ℏ 3 4 π ∂ ∂ x z r = − i ℏ 3 4 π ( − z r 2 ∂ ∂ x r ) = i ℏ 3 4 π z x r 3 . p ^ y Y → 1 , 0 : = − i ℏ 3 4 π ∂ ∂ y z r = − i ℏ 3 4 π ( − z r 2 ∂ ∂ y r ) = i ℏ 3 4 π z y r 3 . L ^ z Y → 1 , 0 : = ( x p ^ y − y p ^ x ) Y 1 , 0 = x ( i ℏ 3 4 π z y r 3 ) − y ( i ℏ 3 4 π z x r 3 ) = 0. https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780429296475/bdc73243-97dc-4cf5-9624-109e4c3275b1/content/eqn0673.tif"/> Finally we have p ^ x Y → 1 , 1 : = i ℏ 3 8 π ∂ ∂ x x + i y r = − i ℏ 3 8 π ( 1 r − x + i y r 2 ∂ ∂ x r ) = i ℏ 3 8 π ( 1 r − x + i y r 2 x r ) = i ℏ 3 8 π 1 r 3 ( r 2 − x 2 − i x y ) , https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780429296475/bdc73243-97dc-4cf5-9624-109e4c3275b1/content/eqn0674.tif"/> p ^ y Y → 1 , 1 : = i ℏ 3 8 π ∂ ∂ y x + i y r = i ℏ 3 8 π ( i r − x + i y r 2 ∂ ∂ y r ) = i ℏ 3 8 π ( i r − x + i y r 2 y r ) = i ℏ 3 8 π 1 r 3 ( i r 2 − x y − i y 2 ) , https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780429296475/bdc73243-97dc-4cf5-9624-109e4c3275b1/content/eqn0675.tif"/> L ^ z Y → 1 , 1 : = ( x p ^ y − y p ^ x ) Y 1 , 1 = i ℏ 3 8 π 1 r 3 { ( i x r 2 − x 2 y − i x y 2 ) = − ( y r 2 − y x 2 − i x y 2 ) } = i ℏ 3 8 π 1 r 3 { i x r 2 − y r 2 } = − ℏ 3 8 π 1 r ( x + i y ) = ℏ Y 1 , 1 . https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780429296475/bdc73243-97dc-4cf5-9624-109e4c3275b1/content/eqn0676.tif"/> 204 SQ36(1)(b) (1) Consider a transformation from the original coordinate system ( x , y , z ) to a new coordinate system ( x ′, y ′, z ′): x → z ′ , y → x ′ , z → y ′ . https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780429296475/bdc73243-97dc-4cf5-9624-109e4c3275b1/content/eqn0677.tif"/> We can see that the new z ′-axis coincides with the original x -axis, and that r = x 2 + y 2 + z 2 = x ′ 2 + y ′ 2 + z ′ 2 = r ′ . https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780429296475/bdc73243-97dc-4cf5-9624-109e4c3275b1/content/eqn0678.tif"/> Physically we expect the angular momentum about the x -axis to be the same as the angular momentum about the z′ -axis. We can confirm this mathematically by showing that L ^ x = y p ^ z − z p ^ y = − i ℏ ( y ∂ ∂ z − z ∂ ∂ y ) https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780429296475/bdc73243-97dc-4cf5-9624-109e4c3275b1/content/eqn0679.tif"/> is equal to L ^ z ′ = x ′ p ^ y ′ − y ′ p ^ x ′ = − i ℏ ( x ′ ∂ ∂ y ′ − y ′ ∂ ∂ x ′ ) . https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780429296475/bdc73243-97dc-4cf5-9624-109e4c3275b1/content/eqn0680.tif"/> This is obvious since x′ = y , y′ = z . It follows that the eigenfunctions and eigenvalues of L ^ x https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780429296475/bdc73243-97dc-4cf5-9624-109e4c3275b1/content/ieq1700.tif"/> are the same in terms of the dashed coordinates as that of L ^ z ′ https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780429296475/bdc73243-97dc-4cf5-9624-109e4c3275b1/content/ieq1701.tif"/> . (2) We know the eigenfunctions Y ℓ , m ℓ ′ ( x ′ , y ′ , z ′ ) https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780429296475/bdc73243-97dc-4cf5-9624-109e4c3275b1/content/ieq1702.tif"/> and eigenvalues of L ^ z ′ https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780429296475/bdc73243-97dc-4cf5-9624-109e4c3275b1/content/ieq1703.tif"/> in the transformed coordinates (x′, y′, z′) as they are of the same form as those of the eigenfunctions and eigenvalues of L ^ z https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780429296475/bdc73243-97dc-4cf5-9624-109e4c3275b1/content/ieq1704.tif"/> in the original coordinates, i.e., we have Y 1 , − 1 ′ ( x ′ , y ′ , z ′ ) = 3 8 π x ′ − i y ′ r ′ , Y 1 , 0 ′ ( x ′ , y ′ , z ′ ) = 3 4 π z ′ r ′ Y 1 , 1 ′ ( x ′ , y ′ , z ′ ) = − 3 8 π x ′ + i y ′ r ′ . https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780429296475/bdc73243-97dc-4cf5-9624-109e4c3275b1/content/eqn0681.tif"/> 205 Since L ^ z ′ = L ^ x https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780429296475/bdc73243-97dc-4cf5-9624-109e4c3275b1/content/ieq1705.tif"/> these are also eigenfunctions of L ^ x https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780429296475/bdc73243-97dc-4cf5-9624-109e4c3275b1/content/ieq1706.tif"/> Written in terms of the original coordinates these functions become Y 1 , − 1 ′ = 3 8 π y − i z r , Y 1 , 0 ′ = 3 4 π x r , Y 1 , 1 ′ = − 3 8 π y + i z r . https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780429296475/bdc73243-97dc-4cf5-9624-109e4c3275b1/content/eqn0682.tif"/> We can conclude that the required eigenfunctions L ^ x https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780429296475/bdc73243-97dc-4cf5-9624-109e4c3275b1/content/ieq1707.tif"/> denoted more conveniently by X 1,1 , X 1,0 , X 1, −1 are X 1 , − 1 = 3 8 π y − i z r , X 1 , 0 = 3 4 π x r , X 1 , 1 = − 3 8 π y + i z r . https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780429296475/bdc73243-97dc-4cf5-9624-109e4c3275b1/content/eqn0683.tif"/> Q36(2) Suppose L ^ c 2 https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780429296475/bdc73243-97dc-4cf5-9624-109e4c3275b1/content/ieq1708.tif"/> and L ^ c z https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780429296475/bdc73243-97dc-4cf5-9624-109e4c3275b1/content/ieq1709.tif"/> are measured giving the eigenvalues 2 ħ 2 and – ħ , respectively. A measurement of L ^ c x https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780429296475/bdc73243-97dc-4cf5-9624-109e4c3275b1/content/ieq1710.tif"/> is then made. What are the possible results of the measurement of L ^ c x https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780429296475/bdc73243-97dc-4cf5-9624-109e4c3275b1/content/ieq1711.tif"/> ? Find the probability of each of these possible results.
Recall the two-component spinor, whose behavior under space rotations of angle θ about unit vector n was described by the operator exp (i θ n · M), where M = (1/2)σ. In Problem 21-3 you were concerned with the behavior of this spinor under Lorentz transformation. As was the case in space rotations it is sufficient to consider infinitesimal transformations. We write the corresponding operator as 1 + i ( v / c ) ⋅ N https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780429492501/e6a0c676-1f8d-4684-97a0-6bf3353f7ce0/content/eq413.tif"/>