Paper 3, Section II, D
Write down the classical Hamiltonian for a particle of mass , electric charge and momentum p moving in the background of an electromagnetic field with vector and scalar potentials and .
Consider the case of a constant uniform magnetic field, and . Working in the gauge with and , show that Hamilton's equations,
admit solutions corresponding to circular motion in the plane with angular frequency .
Show that, in the same gauge, the coordinates of the centre of the circle are related to the instantaneous position and momentum of the particle by
Write down the quantum Hamiltonian for the system. In the case of a uniform constant magnetic field discussed above, find the allowed energy levels. Working in the gauge specified above, write down quantum operators corresponding to the classical quantities and defined in (1) above and show that they are conserved.
[In this question you may use without derivation any facts relating to the energy spectrum of the quantum harmonic oscillator provided they are stated clearly.]