Writing Down Single Particle State in P&S Notation

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Hello,

In the notation adopted by Peskin and Schroeder, the single particle state is

\left|\boldsymbol{p}_1, s_1\right\rangle = \sqrt{2 E_{p}} {a_{p_1}^{s_1}}^{\dagger}\left|0\right\rangle

How does one write down

\left\langle r|\boldsymbol{p}_1, s_1\right\rangle = \sqrt{2 E_{p}} \left\langle r|{a_{p_1}^{s_1}}^{\dagger}|0\right\rangle

?

Thanks in advance..
 
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