Module 4

Syllabus List of Modules Schedule Discussion

Web Material:  Addition of Angular Momentum

Addition of angular momentum
Clebsch Gordan coefficients
Problems
Adding more than two angular momenta
The rotation matrices
Transformation properties of the spherical harmonics
The Wickner-Eckart theorem
The projection theorem

Additional Material:

Sakurai, chapters 3.7 and 3.10, Cohen-Tannoudji, chapter 10 and Complements AX and DX.

Assignment:

Assignment 4
Solutions