5.P: Exercises
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- Demonstrate that the operators defined in Equations ???-??? are Hermitian, and satisfy the commutation relations ???.
- Prove the Baker-Hausdorff lemma, ???.
- 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 ℏ/2 with probability −ℏ/2 with probability sin2(θ/2) .
- An electron is in the spin-state
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
in the Pauli representation, where β are real. What is the probability that a measurement of −ℏ/2 ?
- An electron is at rest in an oscillating magnetic field
where ω are real positive constants.
- Find the Hamiltonian of the system.
- 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.
- Find the probability that a measurement of −ℏ/2 as a function of time.
- What is the minimum value of Sx ?
Contributors
Richard Fitzpatrick (Professor of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin)