ClebschGordan

ClebschGordan[{j1,m1},{j2,m2},{j,m}]

gives the Clebsch–Gordan coefficient for the decomposition of in terms of .

Details

  • The Clebsch–Gordan coefficients vanish except when and the satisfy a triangle inequality.
  • The parameters of ClebschGordan can be integers, half‐integers, or symbolic expressions.
  • The Wolfram Language uses the standard conventions of Edmonds for the phase of the Clebsch–Gordan coefficients.

Examples

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Basic Examples  (2)

Use symbolic arguments to obtain exact symbolic answers:

Scope  (2)

ClebschGordan works with integer and half‐integer arguments:

For symbolic input ClebschGordan evaluates to ThreeJSymbol:

Applications  (3)

Plot Clebsch–Gordan coefficients as a function of and :

Decompose a spherical harmonic into a sum of products of two spherical harmonics:

Apply angular momentum operators to spherical harmonics:

Properties & Relations  (2)

Evaluate the completely symbolic case of ClebschGordan:

Demonstrate ‐sum orthogonality:

Possible Issues  (1)

A message is issued and the result of 0 is returned when :

Neat Examples  (1)

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