40.

Clebsch-Gordan coefficients 1

40. CLEBSCH-GORDAN COEFFICIENTS, SPHERICAL HARMONICS,

AND d FUNCTIONS
p
Note: A square-root sign is to be understood over every coefficient, e.g., for 8/15 read 8/15.
r
3
Y10 = cos
4
r
3
Y11 = sin ei
8
r
5 3 1
Y20 = cos2
4 2 2
r
15
Y21 = sin cos ei
8
r
1 15
Y22 = sin2 e2i
4 2

Ym = (1)m Ym r hj1 j2 m1 m2 |j1 j2 JM i

4
d m,0 = Y m eim = (1)Jj1 j2 hj2 j1 m2 m1 |j2 j1 JM i
2 + 1
j j j 1 + cos
d m ,m = (1)mm d m,m = d m,m d 10,0 = cos
1/2
d 1/2,1/2 = cos d 11,1 =
2 2
1/2 1 sin
d 1/2,1/2 = sin d 1,0 =
2 2
1 1 cos
d 1,1 =
2

3/2 1 + cos
d 3/2,3/2 = cos
2 2
1 + cos 1 + cos 2
3/2 d 22,2 =
d 3/2,1/2 = 3 sin 2
2 2
1 cos 1 + cos
3/2
d 3/2,1/2 = 3 cos d 22,1 = sin
2 2 2
1 + cos
3/2 1 cos 6 d 21,1 = (2 cos 1)
d 3/2,3/2 = sin d 22,0 = sin2 2
2 2 4 r
3/2 3 cos 1 1 cos 3
d 1/2,1/2 = cos d 22,1 = sin d 21,0 = sin cos
2 2 2 2
3/2 3 cos + 1 1 cos 2 1 cos 3 1
d 1/2,1/2 = sin d 22,2 = d 21,1 = (2 cos + 1) d 20,0 = cos2
2 2 2 2 2 2

Figure 40.1: The sign convention is that of Wigner (Group Theory, Academic Press, New York, 1959), also used by Condon and Shortley (The
Theory of Atomic Spectra, Cambridge Univ. Press, New York, 1953), Rose (Elementary Theory of Angular Momentum, Wiley, New York, 1957),
and Cohen (Tables of the Clebsch-Gordan Coefficients, North American Rockwell Science Center, Thousand Oaks, Calif., 1974).