Monday, May 29, 2017

quantum mechanics - Prove that angular momentum commute with the hamiltonian of a central force



I'm trying to prove that [ˆLi,ˆH]=0

for ˆH the hamiltonian of a central force ˆH=ˆp22mαr.




I'm getting this:


[ˆLi,ˆH]=[ˆLi,ˆp22mαr]=[ˆLi,ˆp22m][ˆLi,αr].


Already prove that the first one is zero (it's a known result too), but the second one, I dont know what to do with it, there is no way for me. I was doing something like this:


[ˆLi,αr]=[ϵijkrjpk,αr]=ϵijkrj[pk,αr]+ϵijk[rj,αr]pk.


Obviously, the last term is zero, but the other one, I do something that has no sense to be zero. Have any idea for this? I'm I doing wrong? All of this is to prove that Laplace-Runge-Lenz operator commute with hamiltonian of a central force.




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