My crib sheet. (Please bring your Clebsch-Gordon tables as well)
First, some constants: Time ind. Schrod. eqn isTime dep. Schrodinger equation is , so time depend. of e-states is
The expansion theorem says that if , then , and is the probability of finding state in the particular eigenstate .
The harmonic oscillator raising and lowering operators are . (Recall, )
Pauli spin matrices: , (All have the same eigenvalues, )
The eigenvectors of are . The eigenvectors of are
The spin operator (for spin 1/2) is Handy trig identities: Total angular momentum J=L+S.Notation for eigenfunctions of angular momentum:
The Hamiltonian for a particle in a magnetic field B is ,
where the magnetic moment due to intrinsic spin is given by
First order non-degenerate TIPT says the shift in energy of a state due to the addition of a perturbation is given by .
The variational theorem says , for any state you choose.
Time-Dep't PT: If H'(t) is added, starting at t=0, to a system initially in state N, the prob of making a transition to state m after time t is given by the absolute square of
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The spontaneous rate of single photon decay is
The lifetime of a state m due to spontaneous decays is