Spin operator Definition and 32 Threads

Hello, consider a pair of 1/2 spin entangled system of particles A and B given in the basis of eigenvectors of Pauli operator ##\sigma_z## as $$\ket{\psi} = \frac {1} {\sqrt (2)} \left ( \ket {+z} \otimes \ket {-z} - \ket {-z} \otimes \ket {+z} \right )$$ A measurement of particle A's spin along...

Hi, I was reading about the EPR paradox in Bohm simplified formulation. From my understanding the paradox is that Bob is actually able to get a value for the positron's spin along both the ##z## and ##x## axes. Since electron and positron are entangled, he get the value of spin along ##z##...

So I thought that when the $m_l = 1$ beam passes through the second SG-magnet, it should split into 3 different beams with equal probability corresponding to $ m_l = -1 , 0 , 1 $ since the field here is aligned along z-axis and hence independent of the x-axis splitting. And I thought that the...

Hi, I'm aware of the wave function ##\Psi## of a quantum system represents basically the "continuous components" of a quantum state (a point/vector in the infinite-dimension Hilbert space) in a basis. If we take the ##\delta(x - \bar x)## eigenfunctions as basis on Hilbert space then the wave...

Assume spin 1/2 particle So the spin operator gives +/- hbar/2 eg. S |n+> = +/- hbar/2 |n+> But S= s(s+1) hbar = sqrt(3)/2 hbar So I'm off by a factor of sqrt(3). I suspect I am missing something fundamental about my understanding of spin. My apologies and thanks in advance.

I've tried to use the 1st equation as a matrix to determine, but it clearly isn't a diagonal matrix. My guess is that I need to find the spin matrix along the direction ##\hat{n}##, but do I need to find the eigenstates of ##\sigma \cdot \hat{n}## first and check if they form a diagonal matrix...

Hi, I want to measure spin components of a ground state of some models. These ground states are obtained by ED. The states for constructing the Hamiltonian are integers representing spins in binary. As the ground state (and the other eigenvectors) are now not anymore in a suitable representation...

Dear PF, As an excercise I am to find out how the expectation value of the spin operator evolves over time. There was a hint, stating that it is enough to show that $$ e^{i \frac{\phi ( \hat{n} \cdot \sigma )}{2}} \sigma_i e^{- i \frac{\phi ( \hat{n} \cdot \sigma )}{2}} = [R_{ \hat{n} }]_{ij}...

Please see this page and give me an advice. https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/499269/simultanious-eigenstate-of-hubbard-hamiltonian-and-spin-operator-in-two-site-mod Known fact 1. If two operators ##A## and ##B## commute, ##[A,B]=0##, they have simultaneous eigenstates. That means...

From the book Introduction to Quantum Mechanics by Griffiths,. In the section 6.4.1 (weak field zeeman effect) Griffiths tells that the time average value of S operator is just the projection of S onto J while finding the expectation value of J+S $$S_{avg}=\frac{(S.J)J}{J^2}$$ How to prove this?

Homework Statement (a) If a particle is in the spin state ## χ = 1/5 \begin{pmatrix} i \\ 3 \\ \end{pmatrix} ## , calculate the expectation value <Sy>(b) If you measured the observable Sy on the particle in spin state given in (a), what values might you get and what is the probability of...

Homework Statement Find the normalised eigenspinors and eigenvalues of the spin operator Sy for a spin 1⁄2 particle If X+ and X- represent the normalised eigenspinors of the operator Sy, show that X+ and X- are orthogonal. Homework Equations det | Sy - λI | = 0 Sy = ## ħ/2 \begin{bmatrix} 0...

Hello, I am learning about Excited states of Helium in my undergrad course. I was wondering if the total spin operator Ŝ is a vector quantity or not. Thanks for your help.

I'm studying for a qualifying exam and I see something very strange in the answer key to one of the problems from a past qualifying exam. It appears the sigma^2 for a two electron system has eigenvalues according to the picture below of 4s(s+1) while from my understand of Sakurai it should have...

Say I have {S_{x}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\left(\begin{array}{ccc} 0 & 1 & 0\\ 1 & 0 & 1\\ 0 & 1 & 0\\ \end{array}\right)} Right now, this spin operator is in the Cartesian basis. I want to transform it into the spherical basis. Since, {\vec{S}} acts like a vector I think that I only need to...

Homework Statement Consider a spin system with noninteracting spin 1/2 particles. The magnetic moment of the system is written as: μ = (ħq/2mc)σ Where σ = (σx, σy, σz) is the Pauli spin operator of the particle. A magnetic field of strength Bz is applied along the z direction and a second...

Homework Statement I have a spin operator and have to find the eigenstates from it and then calculate the eigenvalues. I think I managed to get the eigenvalues but am not sure how to get the eigenstates.Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution I think I managed to get the eigenvalues out...

1. What are the possible eigenvalues of the spin operator \vec{S} for a spin 1/2 particle? Homework Equations I think these are correct: \vec{S} = \frac{\hbar}{2} ( \sigma_x + \sigma_y + \sigma_z ) \sigma_x = \left(\begin{array}{cc}0 & 1\\1 & 0\end{array}\right),\quad...

If we consider a spin 1/2 particle, then, the rotation of the spinor for each direction is given by a rotation matrix of half the angle let say theta Rspin=\left(\begin{array}{cc} cos(\theta/2) & -sin(\theta/2)\\sin(\theta/2) & cos(\theta/2)\end{array}\right) and the new component of the spin...

The S_{z} operator for a spin-1 particle is S_{z}=\frac{h}{2\pi}[1 0 0//0 0 0//0 0 -1] I'm given the particle state |\phi>=[1 // i // -2] What are the probabilities of getting each one of the possible results? Now... we can say the possible measure results will be 1,0,-1 and the...

Homework Statement Find the eigenvalues and eigenstates of the spin operator S of an electron in the direction of a unit vector n; assume that n lies in the xz plane. Homework Equations S|m>= h m|m> The Attempt at a Solution This question is from Zettili QM and they have...

Hey, I'm having trouble interpreting a question, as the solutions say something different... Anyways the question part d) below: So we want to determine the expectation value of the y-component of the electron spin on the eigenstate of Sx, now I would of thought this was given by...

Homework Statement Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution I don't know what's wrong with my work. I can't obtain the eigenvector provided in the model answer. My work Model Answer

What are the eigenfunctions of the spin operators? I know the spin operators are given by Pauli matricies (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spin_operator#Mathematical_formulation_of_spin), and I know what the eigenvalues are (and the eigenvectors), but I have no idea what the eigenfunctions of the...

I should Use the fact that in general the eigenvalues of the square of the angular momentum operator is J(J + 1)h and show the spin of the electron. I have J= L+S and J2 = L2+ S2 Homework Statement But how could i find the spin of the electron

Homework Statement Okay so I've got a question I really need answered first up! If I have a 2x1 matrix for Psi, is Psi* a 1x2 matrix with all the 'i's turned to '-i's? Now onto the actual question - http://imgur.com/3ucb4" - part b only Homework Equations http://imgur.com/bcEm3"...

I'm not exactly looking for help finding the eigenvalues of the spin operator, I'm mainly wondering if there is a better technique to do it. Homework Statement Find the eigenvalues and corresponding eigenstates of a spin 1/2 particle in an arbitrary direction (θ,\phi) using the Pauli...

If you look up the second quantization spin operator, you'll notice that there are two indices on the pauli vector for two possible spins. The operator sums over these two indices. Since the pauli vector is an unchanging quantity what do these indices physically correspond to?

http://www.tampa.phys.ucl.ac.uk/~tania/QM4226/SEC4B.pdf At the above link, I'm not quite sure how the instructor got to the matrix definition for Sn(equation 4.61 on page 4) from n dot s. Does someone know of a link that doesn't skip that step?

Hi, I have this problem on a past exam paper I am having some trouble with: "in the conventional basis of the eigenstates of the Sz operator, the spin state of a spin-1/2 particle is described by the vector: u = \left( \stackrel{cos a}{e^i^b sina} \right) where a and B are constants...

Homework Statement I need to show the commutation between the spin operator and a uniform magnetic field will produce the same result as the cross product between them. Does this make sense? I don't see how it can be possible. Homework Equations [s,B] (The s should also have a hat...

I need to show: (\mathbf{\sigma} \cdot \mathbf{a})(\mathbf{\sigma} \cdot \mathbf{b})=\mathbf{a} \cdot \mathbf{b} I + i \mathbf{\sigma} \cdot (\mathbf{a} \times \mathbf{b}) where a and b are arbitrary vectors, sigma is the pauli spin operator. I was just wondering what the dot product...