Consider a particle confined to one dimension and positive with the wave function Nxear, x20 x<0...
Consider a particle confined to one dimension and positive z with the wave function 0 where N is a real normalization constant and α is a real positive constant with units of (length)-1. For the following, express your answers in terms of α: f) Calculate the expectation value of the momentum, (p) via the canonical expression -0o g) Calculate the expectation value of (p) via the canonical expression h) Use your results for(i) and (pay to calculate the variance in...
Consider a particle confined to one dimension and positive r with the wave function 0, z<0 where N is a real normalization constant and o is a real positive constant with units of (length)-1. For the following, express your answers in terms of a: a) Calculate the momentum space wave function. b) Verify that the momentum space wave function is normalized such that (2.4) c) Use the momentum space wave function to calculate the expectation value (p) via (2.5)
A quantum object confined to a container of dimension a is described by this unnormalized wave function: this wave function Phi(x)n = A(1-x/a) where A is the normalization constant. Given that 0 ≤ x ≤ a, what is the value of the constant A?
Consider a particle which is confined to move along the positive x-axis, and that has a Hamiltonian where is a positive real constant having the dimensions of energy. Find the normalized wave function that corresponds to an energy eigenvalue of . The function should be finite everywhere along the positive x-axis and be square integrable. H = 8
consider a particle with the wave function v(x)=N[sin(x)+sin(6x)] and the boundary condiitons 0<x<pi. Find the value of normalization constant
Extra Credit (3 points to Mideterm-2) Q1. A particle is described by the wave function (x) b(a2-x2) for -a sx s a and (x) 0 for x -a and x +a, where a and b are positive real constants. (a) Using the normalization condition, find b in terms a. (b) What is the probability to find the particle at x = +a/2 in a small interval ofwidth 0.01 a ? (c) What is the probability for the particle to be...
Problem 2 Consider the wave function Where a, λ ω are positive constants. (a) Normalize (b) Determine the expectation values ofx and x; (c) Find the standard deviation ofx. Sketch the graph of 1992, as a function ofx, and mark the points (<x> + σ) and 〈X>-07, to illustrate the sense in which σ represents the "spread" in x, what is the probability that the particle would be found outside this range?
A quantum mechanical particle confined to move in one dimension between x =0 and x -L is found to have a state described by the wavefunction 2T (a) Determine the constanfA such that the wavefunction is normalized./ (b) Using the result of part (a), find the probability that the particle will be found between x 0 and x L/3
The initial wave function of a free particle is: Ψ(x,0) = A, for |x| = 0, otherwise where a and A are positive real numbers. The particle is in a zero (or constant) potential environment since it is a free particle a) Determine A from normalization. b) Determine φ(p) = Φ(p,0), the time-zero momentum representation of the particle state. What is Φ(p,t)? Sketch φ(p). Locate the global maximum and the zeros of φ(p). Give the expression for the zeros (i.e.,...
Consider a particle of mass m that is described by the wave function (x, t) = Ce~iwte-(x/l)2 where C and l are real and positive constants, with / being the characteristic length-scale in the problem Calculate the expectation values of position values of 2 and p2. and momentum p, as well as the expectation Find the standard deviations O and op. Are they consistent with the uncertainty principle? to be independent What should be the form of the potential energy...