Convert a ket vector into a bra vector?

quantum mechanicsquantum-spin

Suppose I have been given a ket vector $$|i\rangle = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}|u\rangle + \frac{i}{\sqrt{2}}|d\rangle$$ and I want to find the corresponding bra vector. How can I do that?

My attempt :
My guess is that the corresponding bra vector would be something like :
$$\langle i| = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\langle u| + \frac{i}{\sqrt{2}} \langle d|$$
But I am not sure about it. Any help/hint is appreciated

Thanks in advance 🙂

Best Answer

Bras are the Hermitian adjoint of kets; thus, as said by @Jacobs, you have to take the Hermitian adjoint of $|i\rangle$, which means taking the transpose of the complex conjugate. For numbers it's just equal to the complex conjugate. For example,

$$\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}|u\rangle\to\langle u|\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}$$ since the coefficient is real.