Recurrence and differential relations for spherical spinors
Abstract
We present a comprehensive table of recurrence and differential relations obeyed by spin one-half spherical spinors (spinor spherical harmonics) used in relativistic atomic, molecular, and solid state physics, as well as in relativistic quantum chemistry. First, we list finite expansions in the spherical spinor basis of the expressions and {}, where , , and are either of the following vectors or vector operators: (the radial unit vector), , (the spherical, or cyclic, versors), (the Pauli matrix vector), (the dimensionless orbital angular momentum operator; is the unit matrix), (the dimensionless total angular momentum operator). Then, we list finite expansions in the spherical spinor basis of the expressions and , where at least one of the objects , , is the nabla operator , while the remaining ones are chosen from the set , , , , , .
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@article{arxiv.1011.3433,
title = {Recurrence and differential relations for spherical spinors},
author = {Radosław Szmytkowski},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1011.3433},
year = {2011}
}
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LaTeX, 12 pages