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Hi,
I'm an undergraduate taking the basic quantum classes and on my own, I'm trying to wrap my mind around how symmetry and group theory applies in Q.M. and theoretical physics in general; it's coming along slowly but surely!
Can someone please explain why the ammonia molecule is said to exhibit SU(2) symmetry? I can't imagine how the two symmetric states of ammonia have anything to do with the group of 2x2 complex unitary matrices of det=1.
Thanks
I'm an undergraduate taking the basic quantum classes and on my own, I'm trying to wrap my mind around how symmetry and group theory applies in Q.M. and theoretical physics in general; it's coming along slowly but surely!
Can someone please explain why the ammonia molecule is said to exhibit SU(2) symmetry? I can't imagine how the two symmetric states of ammonia have anything to do with the group of 2x2 complex unitary matrices of det=1.
Thanks