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A harmonic oscillator is in a state such that a measurement of the energy would yield either(1/2)hor (3/2) h, with equal probability. What is the largest possible value of in such a state? If it assumes this maximal value at time t=0 , what is (x,t) ?

Short Answer

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The largest possible value is hm/2which occurs when t=0 and wave function will be x,t=12e-it/20+i1e-it.

Step by step solution

01

Diagonal elements of the matrices X and P

In a harmonic oscillator, the rising and dropping operators are used to compute <x>, and <p> , they are both zero for all stationary conditions. These measures are the diagonal elements of the matrices X and P . That is:

<x>nn=<n|x|n>

From equation and equation 2.66,

p=ihm2a+-a-a+n>=n+1n+1>a_n>=nn-1

02

General matrix elements for the operator

The general matrix elements for the operator p can then be calculated as:


n|p|n'=h2mn|a+-a-n'...(1)=h2mn'+1n|n'+1-n'n|n'-1...(2)=h2mn'+1n,n'+1-n'n,n'-1...(3)

Thus,

P=imh20-1000010-2000020-3000030-4000040-5...(4)

03

Calculate <p> for wave function

Now calculate <p> for this wave function by the use of the matrix elements of (2), so the result is:

p=120|p|1eiE1-E0t/h+1|p|0eiE1-E0t/h)=12hm2eiE1-E0t/h-eiE1-E0t/h=hm2sint

Now make this value occur at t=0 , so shift the origin of time by introducing a new time variable such that =t+/2. Make this substitution into the wave function, to get:

Consider wave function that is a combination of two states, that is:

x,t=c00xe-iE0t/h+c11xe-iE0t/hx,t=12e100(x)eiht/h+e111(x)ei32ht/h

Substitute 0=0,1=/2

x,t=12e-it/20+1e-i/2e-itx,t=12e-it/20+i1e-it

The probability of getting either state is still equal to 0.5 at t=0 . Now make this substitution into the expectation value of the momentum, so:

p=-hm2sin-2=-hm2sin-2p=-hm2sin-2

The maximum is hm/2which occurs when sin-/2=-1, that is:

sin-2=-1sin-2=sin-2

so,

-2=-2=0

Therefore, The largest possible value is hm/2 which occurs when =0and wave function will be12e-1t/2+i1e-it .

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