Scattering #1 Consider the "downstep" potential shown. A particle of mass m and energy E, inciden...
6. (20pts) Consider a particle of mass m and energy E approaching the step potential V(x) = { 0x< V.>0 x > 0 from negative values of x. Consider the case E> Vo. a) Classically, what is the probability of reflection? b) Quantum mechanically, what is the probability of reflection? Express your result in terms of the ratio VIE. What is the probability of reflection if E= 2Vo?
A NON stationary state A particle of mass m is in an infinite square well potential of width L, as in McIntyre's section 5.4. Suppose we have an initial state vector lv(t -0) results from Mclntrye without re-deriving them, and you may use a computer for your math as long as you include your code in your solution A(3E1) 4iE2)). You may use E. (4 pts) Use a computer to plot this probability density at 4 times: t 0, t2...
1. (a) Calculate the potential energy of an alpha particle (z= 2. A = 4) just touching a nucleus of gold (z= 79, A = 178) (b) Would you expect the scattering of 18 MeV alpha particles on gold to obey the Rutherford scattering law?
Consider the 1D square potential energy well shown below. A particle of mass m is about to be trapped in it. a) (15 points) Start with an expression for this potential energy and solve the Schrödinger 2. wave equation to get expressions for(x) for this particle in each region. (10 points) Apply the necessary boundary conditions to your expressions to determine an equation that, when solved for E, gives you the allowed energy levels for bound states of this particle....
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,...
5. Consider the scattering of a particle of energy E by a fixed repulsive 1/ force field, with potential energy U-y/r. Find θ in terms of b and show that the differential cross section is EO(2π-of sine an
In class we considered quantum tunneling of a particle of energy Eo through a barrier of potential Vofor Vo > Eo. Here we focus on two aspects of the problem we ignored in class. In order to simplify we will only consider the initial first half of the barrier as shown below RegionI xS0 Regionx 20 Il There are two cases to consider: Eo< Vo Considered in class E>Vo Not considered in class Here we will focus on the second...
Consider a particle incident from the left on the potential step. Where E = 2 eV V(x) {5 eV lo x < 0 x > 0 1) Find the wave function of the particle in two regions 2) Find reflection and transmission coefficients R and T
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...
Consider a particle of a potential energy V(x) = {î where 1 is a positive constant. ( V arises, for example from a force field - e.g a uniform electric field). Write Ehrenfest theorem for (h) and (p). Integrate these equations and compare the results to the classical results.