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Is the ground state wavefunction of a particle in a 3-D cubic box with V=0 an eigenstate of the z-direction orbital angular momentum operator, Lz?
I tried to determine this using cartesian coordinates, but I ended up with an imaginary answer for Lz(Psi), which is supposed to be a Hermitian operator.
Intuitively, I want to say that the ground state IS an eigenstate with an eigenvalue=0, but I can't get that to come out computationally.
Any help?
I tried to determine this using cartesian coordinates, but I ended up with an imaginary answer for Lz(Psi), which is supposed to be a Hermitian operator.
Intuitively, I want to say that the ground state IS an eigenstate with an eigenvalue=0, but I can't get that to come out computationally.
Any help?