Axially symmetric quadratic orbital eigenfunction
ID: axially-symmetric-quadratic-orbital-eigenfunction
Each orbital angular momentum operator annihilates a radial factor and . Direct differentiation gives and . Hence the displayed trace-free quadratic polynomial, times any admissible radial factor, has orbital labels . Its angular dependence is proportional to the spherical harmonic ; subtracting removes the rotational scalar part.
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