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Consider a collection of 10,000 atoms of rubidium- 87 , confined inside a box of volume (10-5m)3.

(a) Calculate ε0, the energy of the ground state. (Express your answer in both joules and electron-volts.)

(b) Calculate the condensation temperature, and compare kTctoε0.

(c) Suppose that T=0.9TcHow many atoms are in the ground state? How close is the chemical potential to the ground-state energy? How many atoms are in each of the (threefold-degenerate) first excited states?

(d) Repeat parts (b) and (c) for the case of 106atoms, confined to the same volume. Discuss the conditions under which the number of atoms in the ground state will be much greater than the number in the first excited state.

Short Answer

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(a). The energy of the Rubidium in the ground state is 7.1×10-14.

(b). Condensation temperature is 8.6×10-8K.

(c). The number of particles in excited state is less than that of the number of particles in ground state.

(d). The number of particles in ground state is greater than that of the number of particles in excited state.

Step by step solution

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Step 1. Given information

The energy levels of a particle confined to an infinite well with walls located at x=0andx=Lwill be,

En=n2h28mL2

Plank's Constant, h=6.626×10-34J.s

Mass of particle, m=14.4×10-26kg

Length of box, L=10-5m

andnis the positive integer(n=1,2,3,...)

02

Step 2. (a) Considering a free particle inside a box with lengths L1, L2, and L3 along the axis x, y, and z  respectively

Therefore the energy levels of particle confined to this box are,

Enx,ny,nz=Enx+Eny+Enz

=nx2h28mLx2+ny2h28mLy2+nz2h28mLz2

=h28mnx2Lx2+ny2Ly2+nz2Lz2

here the box is taken as cube, so Lx=Ly=Lz=L. Thus the equation become

Enx,ny,nt=h28mL2nx2+ny2+nz2 ( Equation-1)
03

Step 3. Now finding the value of ε0,  For the ground state, nx,ny,nz=(1,1,1). 

Therefore the equation-1 become

ε0=h28m(1)2L2+(1)2(L)2+(1)2(L)2

=h28m3L2

ε0=3h28mL2 (Equation-2)

04

Step 4. Substituting the value of  h, L, m in Equation-2

we get,

ε0=36.626×10-34J·s2814.4×10-26kg10-52

=1.14×10-32J

Converting the values from JtoeV.

ε0=1.14×10-32J1.0eV1.602×10-49J

=7.1×10-14eV

The energy of the Rubidium in the ground =7.1×10-14eV.

05

Step 5. (b) To find the Condensate temperature,Tc we have kBTc=0.527h22πmNV23

Here,

N/V= number of atoms per unit volume,

kB= Boltzmann constant =8.617×10-5eV/K

V=L3= Volume of box

Substituting the value of V=L3in above equation,

kBTC=0.527h22Ï€m2NL323

=0.5272Ï€h2mL2(N)23

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Step 6. Substituting the value of 83ε0 for h2mL2

we get,

kBTc=0.5272π83ε0(N)23

kBTcε0=(0.224)(N)23

substituting N=10000

kBTcε0=(0.224)(10,000)23

=104

Tc=(104)ε0kB

Substituting the value of ε0,kB

Tc=(104)7.1×10-14eV8.617×10-5eV/K

=8.6×10-8K

Therefore, Condensation temperature=8.6×10-8K

07

Step 7. (c) To find the number of atoms in ground state, we have 

the relation between temperature and condensate temperature,

T=0.9Tc

TTc=0.9

The formula for number of atoms in ground state is,

N0=1-TTe32N

N0=1-(0.9)32N

=(0.146)N

As N=10000,

N0=1460

Therefore number of atoms in ground state=1460

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Step 8. To find the number of atoms in excited state, we have

Formula of chemical potential, μ=ε0-kBTN0

ε0-μ=kBTN0

Substituting T=0.9Tc,

ε0-μ=kB0.9TcN0

=0.9kBTcN0

Puting the value of kB,Tc,andN0,

ε0-μ=0.98.617×10-5eV/K8.6×10-8K1460

ε0-μ=4.6×10-15eV

=(0.065)7.1×10-14eV

=(0.065)ε0

μ=ε0-(0.065)ε0

The formula for the energy of first excited state is,

ε1=h28mL222+12+12

=6h28mL2

=23h28mL2

Substituting 3h28mL2=ε0

ε1=2ε0

The formula for number of atoms in excited state is

N1=1eε1-μ/kBT-1

Puting the value of ε1,μ,kB,T, we get

N1=1e2ε0-ε0-(0.065)ε0/kB0.9Tc-1

=1eε0+(0.065)ε0/(0.9)kBTc-1

=1e(1.065)ϵ0/(0.9)kBTc-1

Substituting the values of ε0,kB,Tc, we get

N1=1e(1.065)7.1×10-14eV(0.9)8.617×10-5eV/K8.6×10-8K-1

=87

Thus, in one excited state we have 87particles and for three excited state we have 3(87)=261

Since, 261<1460

Therefore, The number of particles in excited state is less than that of the number of particles in ground state.

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Step 9. (d) The new value of N=106,

Substituting the value of N=106in equation kBTcε0=(0.224)(N)23

kBTCε0=(0.224)10623

=2240

Tc=(2240)ε0kB

Puting the value of ε0,kB

Tc=(2240)7.1×10-14eV8.617×10-5eV/K

=1.85×10-6K

therefore the condensate temperature ==1.85×10-6K=1.85×10-6K

10

Step 10. For the number of particles in ground state

we have,

N0=(0.146)N

Substituting the value of N=106

N0=(0.146)106

=1.46×105

Therefore the number of particles in ground state=1.46×105

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Step 11. To find the number of particles in excited state

Substituting the new value of N0,Tc,kBin the equation ε0-μ=0.9kBTcN0

ε0-μ=0.98.617×10-5eV/K1.85×10-6K1.46×105

=9.8×10-16eV

=(0.0138)7.1×10-14eV

≈(0.014)ε0

μ=ε0-(0.014)ε0

Formula for energy of first excited state = ε1=23h28mL2

substituting 3h28mL2=ε0

ε1=2ε0

Formula for the number of atoms in the excited state = N1=1eϵ1-μ/kBT-1

Substituting the value of ε1,μ,kB,T

N1=1e2ε0-c0-(0.014)ε0/kB0.9Tc-1

=1e(1.014)ϵ0/(0.9)kBTc-1

Putting the values of ε0,kB,Tc

N1=1e(1.014)7.1×10-14ev/(0.9)8.617×10-5eV/K1.85×10-6K-1

≈1990

Thus, in one excited state we have 1990particles and for the three excited states we have 3(1990)=5970

Since, 5970<1.46×105

Therefore, the number of particles in ground state is greater than that of the number of particles in excited state.

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