Robert Mann - An Introduction to Particle Physics and the Standard Model · Problem 1

Discrete Symmetries — Robert Mann

Physics — Particle Physics · hermitian-operators

Problem

Suppose an operator FF has real expectation values, i.e., ⟨ψ∣F∣ψ⟩\langle \psi | F | \psi \rangle is real for any wavefunction ψ\psi. Show that FF is Hermitian, i.e., that F†=FF^\dagger = F.

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