Consider a particle described by the normalised wavefunction: y(x) = N- , epox/h - V x²...
1) Consider the Schrodinger equation: h’ d’y(x) + V(x)y(x) = Ey(x) 2m dr? " If a quantum particle with a wavefunction y =Axe of V(x) 112 possesses a zero energy, find the value Provide a sketch of your V(x)
A particle with mass m is in a one-dimensional simple harmonic oscillator potential. At time t = 0 it is described by the state where lo and l) are normalised energy eigenfunctions corresponding to energies E and Ey and b and c are real constants. (a) Find b and c so that (x) is as large as possible. b) Write down the wavefunction of this particle at a time t later c)Caleulate (x) for the particle at time t (d)...
Consider a particle with mass m described by the Hamilton operator for a one-dimensional harmonic oscillator 2 Zm 2 The normalized eigenfunctions for Hare φη (x) with energies E,,-(n + 2) ha. At time t-0 the wavefunction of the particle is given by у(x,0)- (V3іфі (x) + ф3(x)). Now let H' be an operator given by where k is a positive constant. 1) Show that H' is Hermitian. 2) Express H' by the step-operators a+ and a 3) Calculate the...
A particle with mass m is in a one dimensional simple harmonic oscillator potential. At timet0 it is described by the superposition state where Vo, 1 and Vz are normalised energy eigenfunctions of the harmonic oscillator potential corresponding to energies Eo, E1 and E2 (a) Show that the wavefunction is normalised (b) If an observation of energy is made, what is the most likely value of energy and with what probability would it be obtained? (c) If the experiment is...
3 At a given time, the normalised wave function for a particle in a one-dimensional infinite square well -a < x < a is given by 2 sin2 V inside the well and zero outside. Find the probability that a measurement of energy yields the eigenvalue En. (Hint: use data on page 6.) [6] Useful Data and Formulas = 1.60 x 10-19 C Elementary charge e h/2T=1.05 x 10-34 Js Planck's constant 3.00 x 108 m s-1 Speed of light...
A particle in a 1D box is described by the following normalized wavefunction: 40(x) = (*)"'* sin() Determine the probability that the particle will be found in the region 3
Particle in a box Figure 1 is an illustration of the concept of a particle in a box. V=00 V=00 V=0 Figure 1. A representation of a particle in a box, where the potential energy, V, is zero between x = 0 and x = L and rises abruptly to infinity at the walls. The Schrödinger equation for a particle in a box reads t² d²u Y +V(x)y = Ey 2m dx2 + (1) where ħ=h/21 , y represents the...
A particle of mass m is in a potential energy field described by, V(x, y) = 18kx² +8ky? where k is a positive constant. Initially the particle is resting at the origin (0,0). At time t = 0 the particle receives a kick that imparts to it an initial velocity (vo, 2vo). (a) Find the position of the particle as a function of time, x(t) and y(t). (b) Plot the trajectory for this motion (Lissajous figure) using Vo = 1,...
Q4. Consider the 1D infinite square-well potential shown in the figure below. V(x) O0 Position (a) State the time-independent Schrödinger equation within the region 0<x<L for a particle with positive energy E 2 marks] (b) The wavefunction for 0<x< L can be written in the general form y(x) = Asin kx + B cos kx. Show that the normalised wavefunction for the 1D infinite potential well becomes 2sn'n? ?snT/where ( "1,2,3 ! where ( n = 1,2,5, ). [4 marks]...
At t=0, a particle in a 1-D potential is described by the following wavefunction: Ψ(?) = ???−??2 − ∞ ≤ ? ≤ +∞ A and a are constants(a) Find A in terms of ‘a’ (b) Calculate the expectation value of the momentum, 〈?̂〉.