Raising operator Definition and 13 Threads

I am going through my class notes and trying to prove the middle commutator relation, I am ending up with a negative sign in my work. It comes from [a†,a] being invoked during the commutation. I obviously need [a,a†] to appear instead. Why am I getting [a†,a] instead of [a,a†]?

In the simple harmonic oscillator, I was told to use the raising and lowering operator to generate the excited states from the ground state. However, I am just thinking that how do we confirm that the raising operator doesn't miss some states in between. For example, I can define a raising...

In calculating the matrix elements for the raising operator L(+) with l = 1 and m = -1, 0, 1 each of my elements conforms to a diagonal shifted over one column with values [(2)^1/2]hbar on that diagonal, except for the element, L(+)|0,-1>, where I have a problem. This should be value...

Hi! I am working on homework and came across this problem: <n|X5|n> I know X = ((ħ/(2mω))1/2 (a + a+)) And if I raise X to the 5th, its becomes X5 = ((ħ/(2mω))5/2 (a + a+)5) What I'm wondering is, is there anyway to be able to solve this without going through all of the iterations the...

Homework Statement show that the raising operator at has no right eigenvectors Homework Equations We know at|n> = √(n+1)|n+1> The Attempt at a Solution we define a vector |Ψ> = ∑cn|n> (for n=0 to ∞) at|Ψ>=at∑cn|n>=∑cn(√n+1)|n+1> But further I give up!:cry:

Hi everyone I need raising and lowering operators for l=3 (so it should be 7 dimensional ). is it enough to use this formula: (J±)|j, m > =sqrt(j(j + 1) - m(m ± 1))|j, m ± 1 > The main problem is about calculating lx=2 for a given wave function , I know L^2 and Lz but I need L+ and L- to solve...

Let a be a lowering operator and a† be a raising operator. Prove that a((a†)^n) = n (a†)^(n-1) Professor suggested to use induction method with formula: ((a†)(a) + [a,a†]) (a†)^(n-1) But before start applying induction method, I would like to know where the given formula comes from. Someone...

Are there any known (collective spin) operators to raise or lower the quantum number s in \left|{s,m}\right> spin states? I'm trying to construct coherent states varying the quantum number s instead of the well known spin coherent states varying m. I found a coherent-like state similar to the...

Hey, I have a question on showing how the raising operator in QM raises a particular eigenstate by 1 unit, the question is showed below: I think I know how to do this but not sure if what I'm doing is sufficient: \hat{N}a^{\dagger}|n>=([\hat{N},a^{\dagger}]+a^{\dagger}\hat{N})|n>...

Homework Statement I'm given the line: (the coding stopped responding for the "hats") \hat{}H(\hat{}a|n>) = (doublehat a) H(hat) |n> + [Hhat,ahat]|n> I'm assuming Hhat= hbar *w ( aa* + 1/2) so I don't know what they are doing. where does the double hat come from. where does any...

Pretty basic question but I was wondering what the result of acting the raising operator on an l=1, m=1 quantum state for a hydrogen wavefunction would be. Specifically, L+|1,1> = ? I know that normally L+|l,m>=hbar(l(l+1)-m(m+1))1/2|l,m+1> but I wasn't sure if the eigenstate remained...

Homework Statement In Problem 4.3 you showed that Y^{1}_{2}(\theta , \phi) = -\sqrt{15/8\pi} sin\theta cos\theta e^{i\phi} Apply the raising operator to find Y^{2}_{2}(\theta , \phi). Use Equation 4.121 to get the normalization. Homework Equations [Eq. 4.121] A^{m}_{l} = \hbar...

This is (another!) question I cannot solve The ground state wavefunction for the harmonic oscillator can be written as $\chi _0 = \left( {\frac{\alpha } {\pi }} \right)^{\frac{1} {4}} \exp \left( {\frac{{ - \alpha x^2 }} {2}} \right)$ where $\alpha = \sqrt {\frac{{mk}} {{\hbar ^2...