P7F.12 A particle confined within a spherical cavity is a starting point for the discussion of...
2. The hydrogen atom [8 marks] The time-independent Schrödinger equation for the hydrogen atom in the spherical coordinate representation is where ao-top- 0.5298 10-10rn is the Bohr radius, and μ is the electon-proton reduced mass. Here, the square of the angular momentum operator L2 in the spherical coordinate representation is given by: 2 (2.2) sin θー sin θ 00 The form of the Schrödinger equation means that all energy eigenstates separate into radial and angular motion, and we can write...
# Problem 1 # Suppose a point-mass particle with mass, 'm', moving in a gravitational potential, 'U(r)', where 'r' is the distance from the center of the potential. A positional vector and momentum vector of a particle are vec r' and "vec p', respectively. (\vec means vector symbol.) Q1) An angular momentum vector vec J' is defined as vec J = \vec r x \vec p. Show that \vec J is conserved in such a gravitational potential U(r) which depends...
Consider a particle of mass m in an infinite spherical potential well of radius a For write down the energies and corresponding eigen functions ψ--(r,0.9). (3 pt) a) ne that at t-o the wave function is given by o)-A. Find the normalization constant A function in this basis. Solve for the coeffici You may find useful the integrals in the front of the (6 pt) d) Now consider the finite potential spherical well with V(r)- ing only the radial part...
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 system consists of two particles of mass mi and m2 interacting with an interaction potential V(r) that depends only on the relative distancer- Iri-r2l between the particles, where r- (ri,/i,21) and r2 22,ひ2,22 are the coordinates of the two particles in three dimensions (3D) (a) /3 pointsl Show that for such an interaction potential, the Hamiltonian of the system H- am▽ri _ 2m2 ▽22 + V(r) can be, put in the form 2M where ▽ and ▽ are the...
8.4 The Two-Dimensional Central-Force Problem The 2D harmonic oscillator is a 2D central force problem (as discussed in TZD Many physical systems involve a particle that moves under the influence of a central force; that is, a force that always points exactly toward, or away from, a force center O. In classical mechanics a famous example of a central force is the force of the sun on a planet. In atomic physics the most obvious example is the hydrogen atom,...