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Q1. The composite spin state of two spin half particles is given by
1 i 1
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2 2 2
a) If the z-component of the spin of the second particle is measured, what is the probability for the two
possible values?
b) If the spin of particle 2 in part a) above is found to be , and spin of the first particle is then
2
measured, what are the possible outcomes and what are their probabilities?
c) In part a), if the x-component of the spin of particle 2 is measured, what are the possible outcomes and
what are their probabilities?
Q2. Consider a spin-1/2 particle confined in a rigid one-dimensional box extending from x = 0 to x = .
The wave function of the particle at t = 0 is given by the Pauli spinor
sin x
A
sin 2x
a) Find the normalization constant A
c) Find the probability of finding the particle between x 4 & 3 4 with spin up.
f) What is the probability of finding the particle in the ground state with spin up?
g) What is the probability of finding the particle in the first excited state?
j) What will be the wave function at time t id a uniform magnetic field B in the z-direction is switched on
at t = 0
Q3. Let A 1 be an operator in Hilbert space H 1 and A 2 an operator in Hilbert space H 2 . Let
i i 1, 2 ,....
& i
i 1, 2 ,...
be eigenkets of A1 & A 2 with corresponding eigenvalues a i i1, 2,.. and
bi i1,2,... respectively in their respective Hilbert spaces. Construct eigenkets and corresponding
eigenvalues of i) A 1 A 2 and ii) A1 A 2 .
Q5a) Find the change in the polar and azimuthal angles, & , of a point when the point is rotated by
infinitesimal angle about the x and y and z axes.
b) Consider the spin state
The spin vector of the state points in the n̂ direction with & being the polar and azimuthal angles of
the direction.
i) Find the new spin orientation n̂ and hence the corresponding ket.
iii) Show that similar results hold when the infinitesimal rotations are about x and y axes respectively.
Hence conclude that spin angular momentum is the generator of rotation in the spin space.
Q7) Use the answer of part 4a and the fact that L x , L y & L z are the generators of rotation about the
corresponding axes, find the three operators in polar coordinates.
Q8) Using the answer to question 7, find L , L & L2 in spherical polar coordinates.
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