09 Estimate the ground state energy and wavefunction for a particle in a box using the...
Example To obtain the ground state energy of a particle in a one-dimensional box, a graduate student used a postulated wavefunction of the form Y = e-ax? where a is a variational parameter. Along the process, the student obtained the following result. ſy trial ÀY trial Etrial = There are trial trial Complete the variation calculation procedure and obtain the optimal value of a.
For the particle-in-a-box of length a, assume that instead of a sine function, the ground state wavefunction is an upside-down parabola at the center of the box, b/2. What is the total energy of the trial system and what is the wavefunction of the system. Now compare your result to the particle-in-a-box where the potential energy inside the box is zero, what is the difference of percentage of both systems? For the particle-in-a-box of length a, assume that instead of...
Use the variational principle to estimate the ground state energy of a particle in the following potential: V=cx for x>0 and V=infinity for x<0 Use Dxe^-ax as your trial function and minimize as necessary with respect to a. Assume the constant c is real and greater than zero
The ground state 1s orbital (V100) has energy: En = met 8ɛz h2 n2 Using the trial function f = e-cr2 where c is a variational parameter, do the following. a. Normalize f over all space. dt = r2dr sin 0 de do b. Calculating (E) yields: 3h²c e²c1/2 E(C) = 2me V2 € 13/2 Calculate the value of c when energy is minimized, and then Emin C). c. Confirm that Emin (c) > En for the ground state of...
Estimate the ground-state energy of a one-dimensional simple harmonic oscillator using (50) = e-a-l as a trial function with a to be varied. For a simple harmonic oscillator we have H + jmwºr? Recall that, for the variational method, the trial function (HO) gives an expectation value of H such that (016) > Eo, where Eo is the ground state energy. You may use: n! dH() ||= TH(c) – z[1 – H(r)], 8(2), dx S." arcade an+1 where (x) and...