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Homework Statement
I'm running through practice papers for my 3rd year physics exam on atomic and nuclear physics:
This is the operator we found in the previous part of the question
L = -i*(hbar)*d/dθ
Next, we need to find the eigenvalues and normalised wavefunctions of L
The Attempt at a Solution
So I know that operator * eigenstate = eigenvalue * eigenstate and have been trying to use this in an attempt to find a solution but to no avail. I think the first thing I need to do is to find an eigenstate:
I also know the eigenstate is found to be: U = K*exp(i*l*θ/hbar) where K is a constant (There's a very unhelpful solution posted by the lecturer that skips the working to this step and I just can't work out how to get there!)
I can find the eigenvalue from that to be l = m*hbar
Any help getting me to the eigenstate would be very appreciated. I've been searching the net trying to find something useful but I can't!