, The potential function of a one-dimensional oscillator of mass m and angular frequency wis V(x)...
3. Anharmonicity (6 marks] Consider the three-dimensional isotropic harmonic oscillator 2 1 242 рґ which has energy eigenvalues En-hu(n+3/2), where n- 0,1,2.. (a) Calculate the first-order shift in the ground-state energy of the harmonic oscillator due to the addition of an anharmonic term C24 to the potential, where C> 0. (b) Calculate instead the first-order shifts in the energies of the n - 1 ercited states due to the addition of the anharmonic term C (c) For the lowest energy...
[20 points] A particle in the simple harmonic oscillator potential with angular frequency a is initially in the ground state: c,y, (x) =Yo(x Att = 0 , the angular frequency of the oscillator suddenly doubles: a} → a½-2.4 The initial wave function can be written in terms of the modified potential (denoted with a tilde:~: Recall that the general form of the first few stationary states for the harmonic oscillator are given on page 56 of your text. a. What...
tthe-independent Help: The operator expression dimensions is given by H 2m r ar2 [2] A particle of mass m is in a three-dimensional, spherically symmetric harmonic oscillator potential given by V(r)2r2. The particle is in the I-0 state. Noting that all eigenfunetions must be finite everywhere, find the ground-state radial wave-function R() and the ground-state energy. You do not have to nor oscillator is g (x) = C x exp(-8x2), where C and B are constants) harmonic malize the solution....
9.5 A particle of mass m is in the ground state in the harmonic oscillator potential A small perturbation Bx6 is added to this potential (a) What are the units of ?? (b) How small must B be in order for perturbation theory to be valid? (c) Calculate the first-order change in the energy of the particle.
[4] Consider a harmonic oscillator of mass m and angular frequency ω. At time t-0, the state of this oscillator is given by y(о) со фо) + с ф.) where the states I 0) .) represent the ground state and first excited state respectively. (a) Write the normalization condition for lv(o) and determine the mean value (H) of the energy in terms of co and ci. (b) With the additional requirement (H)-ho. calculate eoand o,p.
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Consider a particle of mass m under the action of the one-dimensional harmonic oscillator potential. The Hamiltonian is given by Knowing that the ground state of the particle at a certain instant is described by the wave function mw 1/4 _mw2 Th / calculate (for the ground state): a) The mean value of the position <x> (2 marks) b) The mean value of the position squared < x2 > (2 marks) c) the mean value of the momentum <p> (2...
A particle of mass m is bound by the spherically-symmetric three-dimensional harmonic- oscillator potential energy , and ф are the usual spherical coordinates. (a) In the form given above, why is it clear that the potential energy function V) is (b) For this problem, it will be more convenient to express this spherically-symmetric where r , spherically symmetric? A brief answer is sufficient. potential energy in Cartesian coordinates x, y, and z as physically the same potential energy as the...
A one-particle two-dimensional harmonic oscillator has the potential energy function V=V(x,y)=k/2(x2+y2). write the time-independent SchrÖdinger equation for the system and the energy eigenvalues. Define clearly the symbols you used.
1. (50 points) Consider the particle in a one-dimensional box (0 s x S L). Assume a term is added to the Hamiltonian of the form: πχ V(x)g sin Sketch the potential and the expected eigenfunction (small g). In the limit of small g, find the second order correction to the ground state energy 2. (50 points) For a diatomic molecule rotating in free space, the Hamiltonian may be written: 12 21 Where L is the total angular momentum operator,...
A For a particle with mass m moving under a one dimensional potential V(x), one solution to the Schrödinger equation for the region 0<x< oo is x) =2 (a>0), where A is the normalization constant. The energy of the particle in the given state is 0, Show that this function is a solution, and find the corresponding potential V(x)?