10-5 Tensor Operator
Tensors Masatsugu Sei Suzuki Department of Physics, SUNY at Binghamton (Date: December 04, 2010) 1 Vector operators The operators corresponding to various physical quantities will be characterized by their behavior under rotation as scalars, vectors, and tensors. Vi ijV j . j We assume that the state vector changes from the old state to the new state ' . ' Rˆ , or ' Rˆ . A vector operator Vˆ for the system is defined as an operator whose expectation is a vector that rotates together with the physical system. ˆ ˆ 'Vi ' ij V j j or ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ R Vi R ijV j j or ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ Vi RijV j R j We now consider a special case, infinitesimal rotation. i Rˆ 1ˆ Jˆ n 1 i Rˆ 1ˆ Jˆ n ˆ i ˆ ˆ ˆ i ˆ ˆ (1 J n)Vi (1 J n) ijV j j ˆ i ˆ ˆ ˆ Vi [Vi ,J n] ijV j j For n = ez, 1 0 z ( ) 1 0 0 0 1 ˆ i ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ V1 [V1, J z ] 11V1 12V2 13V3 V1 V2 ˆ i ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ V2 [V2 , J z ] 21V1 22V2 23V3 V1 V2 ˆ i ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ V3 [V3, J z ] 31V1 32V2 33V3 V3 or ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ [V1, J z ] iV2 , [V2 , J z ] iV1 , [V3, J z ] 0 For For n = ex, 1 0 0 x ( ) 0 1 0 1 ˆ i ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ V1 [V1, J x ] 11V1 12V2 13V3 V1 ˆ i ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ V2 [V2 , J x ] 21V1 22V2 23V3 V2 V3 2 ˆ i ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ V3 [V3, J x ] 31V1 32V2 33V3 V2 V3 or ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ [V1, J x ] 0 , [V2 , J x ] iV3 , [V3, J x ] iV2 For For n = ey, 1 0 y ( ) 0 1 0 0 1 ˆ i ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ V1 [V1, J y ] 11V1 12V2 13V3 V1 V3 ˆ i ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ V2 [V2 , J y ] 21V1 22V2 23V3 V2 ˆ i ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ V3 [V3, Jyx ] 31V1 32V2 33V3 V1 V3 or ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ [V1, J y ] iV3 , [V2 , J y ] 0, [V3, J y ] iV1 Using the Levi-Civita symbol, we have ˆ ˆ ˆ [Vi , J j ] iijkVk We can use this expression as the defining property of a vector operator.
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