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Consider a particle in a 1-d well with potential V(x) =-U for-d < x < d,...
1. Consider a charged particle bound in the harmonic oscillator potential V(x) = mw x2. A weak electric field is applied to the system such that the potential energy, U(X), now has an extra term: V(x) = -qEx. We write the full Hamiltonian as H = Ho +V(x) where Ho = Px +mw x2 V(x) = –qEx. (a) Write down the unperturbed energies, EO. (b) Find the first-order correction to E . (c) Calculate the second-order correction to E ....
4.2 The potential energy in a MOFSET device near the metal oxide interface is approximately V(x) - qEx forx > 0 where q is the electron charge, and E is the electric field strength. Use the variational technique to estimate the ground state energy of an electron in this configuration. (Hints: a) use the un-normalized trial function ф(x)-x exp(-ax2)). b) Find the normalized trial wave-function c) Compute the energy functional (i.e. the expectation value of the Hamiltonian for the state...
The most general wave function of a particle in the simple harmonic oscillator potential is: V(x, t) = (x)e-1st/ where and E, are the harmonic oscillator's stationary states and their corresponding energies. (a) Show that the expectation value of position is (hint: use the results of Problem 4): (v) = A cos (wt - ) where the real constants A and o are given by: 1 2 Ae-id-1 " Entichtin Interpret this result, comparing it with the motion of a...
3.9. A particle of mass m is confined in the potential well 0 0<x < L oo elsewhere (a) At time t 0, the wave function for the particle is the one given in Problem 3.3. Calculate the probability that a measurement of the energy yields the value En, one of the allowed energies for a particle in the box. What are the numerical values for the probabilities of obtaining the ground-state energy E1 and the first-excited-state energy E2? Note:...
3. Consider a particle of mass m moving in a potential given by: W (2, y, z) = 0 < x <a,0 < y <a l+o, elsewhere a) Write down the total energy and the 3D wavefunction for this particle. b) Assuming that hw > 312 h2/(2ma), find the energies and the corresponding degen- eracies for the ground state and the first excited state. c) Assume now that, in addition to the potential V(x, y, z), this particle also has...
Consider a one-dimensional well with one impenetrable wall. The potential energy is given by 0 x < 0 V(x) = { -V. 0 < x < a 10 x > a We showed in the homework that the allowed energies for the eigenstates of a bound particle (E < 0) in this potential well satisfy the transcendental function -cotĚ = 16 - 52 $2 where 5 = koa, and ko = V2m(Vo + E)/ħ, and 5o = av2mV /ħ (a)...
2. A particle of mass m in the infinite square well of width a at time 1 - 0 has wave function that is an equal weight mixture of the two lowest n= 1,2 energy stationary states: (x,0) - C[4,(x)+42(x)] (a) Normalize the wave function. Hints: 1. Exploit the orthonormality of W, 2. Recall that if a wave function is normalized at t = 0, it stays normalized. (b) Find '(x, t) and (x,1)1at a later time 1>0. Express Y*...
For a particle of mass m, consider a Morse potential of V. V(x) cosh (Bx)' where V> 0 and 8 >0. (a) Illustrate this potential graphically as a function of x. (b) Write the WKB quantization condition: of pladě = (n+ + ) 7, n=0,1,2,3,,.... in terms of the bound state energies En and V(x). What are I'min and Imax in this case, and what is the physical meaning/interpretation of Imin and Imax ? (C) Use WKB methods to determine...
1. A particle of mass m moves in the one-dimensional potential: x<-a/2 x>a/2 Sketch the potential. Sketch what the wave functions would look like for α = 0 for the ground state and the 1st excited state. Write down a formula for all of the bound state energies for α = 0 (no derivation necessary). a) b) Break up the x axis into regions where the Schrödinger equation is easy to solve. Guess solutions in these regions and plug them...
Consider a particle of mass in a 10 finite potential well of height V. the domain – a < x < a. a) Show that solutions for – a < x < a take the form on (x) = A cos(knx) for odd n, and on (x) = A sin(knx) for even n. . Show a) Match the boundary conditions at x = a to prove that cos(ka) = Bk where k is the wave vector for -a < x...