Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-quantum-theory-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2023/2/e/iii/solution

Write . The first Hermite polynomials give and proportional, with the same constant, to and . Thus in Cartesian coordinates the new wavefunctions are
Using polar coordinates , gives
The orbital angular momentum is , which immediately verifies its eigenvalues . Multiplying these spatial wavefunctions by for and for gives the corresponding full stationary states.

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