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5.P: Exercises

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  1. Demonstrate that the operators defined in Equations ???-??? are Hermitian, and satisfy the commutation relations ???.
  2. Prove the Baker-Hausdorff lemma, ???.
  3. Find the Pauli representations of the normalized eigenstates of Sy for a spin-1/2 particle has a spin vector that lies in the z plane, making an angle z -axis. Demonstrate that a measurement of /2 with probability /2 with probability sin2(θ/2) .
  4. An electron is in the spin-state $ \chi = A\,\left(\begin{array}{c}1-2\,{\rm i}\\ 2\end{array}\right)
$ in the Pauli representation. Determine the constant A by normalizing Sz is made, what values will be obtained, and with what probabilities? What is the expectation value of Sx and 1/2 system represented by the normalized spinor $ \chi =\left(\begin{array}{c}\cos\alpha\\ \sin\alpha\,\exp(\,{\rm i}\,\beta)\end{array}\right)
$ in the Pauli representation, where β are real. What is the probability that a measurement of /2 ?
  5. An electron is at rest in an oscillating magnetic field $ {\bf B} = B_0\,\cos(\omega\,t)\,{\bf e}_z,
$ where ω are real positive constants.
    1. Find the Hamiltonian of the system.
    2. If the electron starts in the spin-up state with respect to the χ(t) that represents the state of the system in the Pauli representation at all subsequent times.
    3. Find the probability that a measurement of /2 as a function of time.
    4. What is the minimum value of Sx ?

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  • Richard Fitzpatrick (Professor of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin)


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