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Lindsayyyy
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Hi everyone
I have a question: Am I allowed to do the following, where the a's are operators and the alphas are quantum states.
[tex] \langle \alpha \mid a^\dagger a^\dagger a a \mid \alpha \rangle = \langle \alpha \mid a^\dagger a^\dagger \mid \alpha \rangle \langle \alpha \mid a a \mid \alpha \rangle[/tex]
Well, I think I am allowed to, but I'm not sure how to verify this.
Thanks for your help
Homework Statement
I have a question: Am I allowed to do the following, where the a's are operators and the alphas are quantum states.
[tex] \langle \alpha \mid a^\dagger a^\dagger a a \mid \alpha \rangle = \langle \alpha \mid a^\dagger a^\dagger \mid \alpha \rangle \langle \alpha \mid a a \mid \alpha \rangle[/tex]
Well, I think I am allowed to, but I'm not sure how to verify this.
Thanks for your help