At time t = 0, a mass-m particle in a one-dimensional potential well is in a...
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)...
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:...
A For a particle with mass m moving under a one dimensional potential V(x), one solution to the Schrödinger equation for the region 0<x< oo is x) =2 (a>0), where A is the normalization constant. The energy of the particle in the given state is 0, Show that this function is a solution, and find the corresponding potential V(x)?
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 one-dimensional particle of mass m is confined within the region 0 < x < a and wave function V(x, t) = sin(TI)e-iwt. a Given the wave function 1(x, t) above, show that V is independent of t. b Calculate the probability of finding the particle in the interval a 5 x 54
[12 6. Consid er a particle of mass m moving in an infinitely deep square well potential of width a, whose wave function at time t 0 is where on Ce) is the normaized wave function of the n-th eigenstate of the Hamitonian of that particle The corresponding eigen-energy of the n-th state is 2ma?n 1,2,3,... (e) Find the average energy of the system (ie. the expectation value () (b) Write down the wave function p(z,t) at a later time...
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...
A particle is trapped in a one-dimensional potential energy well given by: 100 x < 0 0 < x <L U(x) = L < x < 2L (20. x > 2L Consider the case when U, < E < 20., where E is the particle energy. a. Write down the solutions to the time-independent Schrödinger equation for the wavefunction in the four regions using appropriate coefficients. Define any parameters used in terms of the particles mass m, E, U., and...
5. One-Dimensional Potential Energy (20 points) A particle of mass m oscillates in a potential well created by a one-dimensional force where a and b are known positive constants. Assume the particle is trapped in the well on the positive side of the y-axis. a) Find and expression for the potential energy U(x) for this force. (10 points) NOTE: There will be one undetermined constant. b) Set Umin, the minimum value for this potential energy function, equal to zero. Solve...
Consider a particle of mass m moving in a one-dimensional potential of the form V. for 0<x<b, V(a) = 0 for Islal<e, for 1212, with V., b and c positive constants and c>b. a Explain why the wave function of the particle can be assumed to be cither an even function or an odd function of a. b For the case that the energy E of the particle is in the range 0<ESV., find the (unnormalized) even cigenfunctions and give...