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Hi everyone,
I tried to find the Eigenstate of the angular momentum operator myself, more specifically I tried to find a Function Y_{lm}(\theta,\phi) with
L_zY_{lm}=mħY_{lm} and L^2Y_{lm}=l(l+1)ħ^2Y_{lm}
where L_z=-iħ\frac{\partial}{\partial \phi}
and L^2=-ħ^2(\frac{1}{\sin\theta}\frac{\partial}{\partial\theta}(\sin\theta\frac{\partial}{\partial\theta})+\frac{1}{\sin^2\theta}\frac{\partial^2}{\partial^2\phi})
These representations can be found here.
Now let's look at the simple case of m=l=0. The standard solution here is Y_{00}(\theta,\phi)=\frac{1}{\sqrt{4\pi}}. However, it seems like the function Y_{00}(\theta,\phi)=A\ln(\cot\theta+\csc\theta) is as well a solution to the differential equations above, since \frac{\partial Y}{\partial \phi}=0=mħY and \frac{\partial Y}{\partial \theta}=-A\csc\theta and therefore L^2Y=-ħ^2(\frac{1}{\sin\theta}\frac{\partial}{\partial\theta}(-A \sin\theta\csc\theta))=0=l(l+1)ħ^2Y
Since \int_0^\pi YY^*\sin\theta d\theta converges (you can look at the graph here) it is possible to find an A that normalizes Y_{00}.
So where is the mistake? I did not find this solution anywhere.
Thank you for your help :)
I tried to find the Eigenstate of the angular momentum operator myself, more specifically I tried to find a Function Y_{lm}(\theta,\phi) with
L_zY_{lm}=mħY_{lm} and L^2Y_{lm}=l(l+1)ħ^2Y_{lm}
where L_z=-iħ\frac{\partial}{\partial \phi}
and L^2=-ħ^2(\frac{1}{\sin\theta}\frac{\partial}{\partial\theta}(\sin\theta\frac{\partial}{\partial\theta})+\frac{1}{\sin^2\theta}\frac{\partial^2}{\partial^2\phi})
These representations can be found here.
Now let's look at the simple case of m=l=0. The standard solution here is Y_{00}(\theta,\phi)=\frac{1}{\sqrt{4\pi}}. However, it seems like the function Y_{00}(\theta,\phi)=A\ln(\cot\theta+\csc\theta) is as well a solution to the differential equations above, since \frac{\partial Y}{\partial \phi}=0=mħY and \frac{\partial Y}{\partial \theta}=-A\csc\theta and therefore L^2Y=-ħ^2(\frac{1}{\sin\theta}\frac{\partial}{\partial\theta}(-A \sin\theta\csc\theta))=0=l(l+1)ħ^2Y
Since \int_0^\pi YY^*\sin\theta d\theta converges (you can look at the graph here) it is possible to find an A that normalizes Y_{00}.
So where is the mistake? I did not find this solution anywhere.
Thank you for your help :)