Exercise 5 Consider a particle in an infinite square well of length a. The particle is...
5) A particle of mass m is in the ground state of the infinite square well 0 < x < a At t-0 the right hand wall suddenly moves to x = 2a, doubling the size of the well. Assume that this expansion happens on a time scale so fast that the initial wave function (at t0+) is the same as just before the expansion (at t-0-) (This is called the "sudden" approximation.) a) What is the probability that a...
Exercise 10.14 A particle is initially in its ground state in an infinite one-dimensional potential box with sides at x = 0 and x a. If the wall of the box at x-a is suddenly moved to x = 10a, calculate the probability of finding the particle in (a) the fourth excited (n = 5) state of the new box and (b) the ninth (n 10) excited state of the new box.
An infinite square well and a finite square well in 1D with equal width. The potential energies of these wells are Infinite square well: V(x)=0, from 0 < x < a, also V(x) = , elsewhere Finite square well: V(x)= 0, from 0 < x < a, also V(x) = , elsewhere The ground state of both systems have identical particles. Without solving the energies of ground states, determine which particle has the higher energy and explain why?
4) A particle in an infinite square well 0 for 0
Problem #2 : infinite square well particle velocity For each of the following, estimate the difference between the speeds of the particle when it is in the first excited state and when it is in the lowest-energy state: (i) an electron confined by an infinite square-well potential whose width is roughly equal to the radius of an atom (about 10-10 m); (ii) a tennis ball confined by an infinite square-well potential whose width is equal to the width of a...
Question 5. A particle in an infinite potential energy well of width a. The particle is at the state of n=5. The probability of finding particle in the region [a/10, 4a/5] is: A. 0.8 B. 0.4 C. 0.3 D. 0.7
6. (a) Consider the infinite square well again. Let the width of the well be a and the particle mass be m. Find an expression for the probability that a particle in the state, vi will be found in the region a/4 <x<3a/4. (b) Repeat part (a) for the nth eigenstate, yn, for arbitrary n. Show that the answer reduces to the classical value of 2 as n 00.
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...
3. A particle is in a 1D box (infinite potential well) of dimension, a, situated symmetrically about the origin of the x-axis. A measurement of energy is made and the particle is found to have the ground state energy: 2ma The walls of the box are expanded instantaneously, doubling the well width symmetrically about the origin, leaving the particle in the same state. a) Sketch the initial potential well making it symmetric about x - 0 (note this is different...
Consider a particle in a 1-dimensional ininite square well potential {0, V(z)=Í oo, (-a < z <a) elsewhere The particle is initially localized in the right side of the well (O S a) Calculate the probability that at later times, an energy measurement will yield the energy of the first excited state of this system