Purdue PHYS 342: Modern Physics L6.2: Hydrogen Atom: Angular Momentum Operators

Table of Contents: 00:09 Lecture 6.2: Angular Momentum Operators 01:05 Summary of Last Lecture: Radial Probabilities 02:38 Angular probabilities 03:12 n=2, ℓ=2, m=1 quantum state 04:33 Such things are nice to know, …. 06:36 Define quantum angular momentum operators 09:09 What is the square of the angular momentum operator? 10:35 Transforming to spherical coordinates 12:57 Now recall, from discussion of Schrödinger's equation 14:46 Also recall, from discussion of Schrödinger's equation 16:15 Only L2 and Lz are known 19:29 Compare to classical expectations 21:15 In quantum physics, the situation is different This video is part of the nanoHUB hosted course "Modern Physics" (http://nanohub.org/courses/phys342) Purdue PHYS 342 provides an introduction to the physical principles underlying topics in Modern Physics. This course is intended to provide engineering undergraduate students with a firm base from which they can extend their understanding of the quantum world.