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Chapter 4: Quantum Mechanics in Three Dimensions

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A hydrogen atom starts out in the following linear combination of the stationary states n=2, l=1, m=1 and n=2, l=1, m=-1.

(r,0)=12(211+21-1)

(a) Construct(r,t)Simplify it as much as you can.

(b) Find the expectation value of the potential energy,<V>. (Does it depend on t?) Give both the formula and the actual number, in electron volts.

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(a) Prove that for a particle in a potential V(r)the rate of change of the expectation value of the orbital angular momentum L is equal to the expectation value of the torque:

ddt<L>=<N>

Where,

N=r(VV)

(This is the rotational analog to Ehrenfest's theorem.)

(b) Show that d<L>/dt=0for any spherically symmetric potential. (This is one form of the quantum statement of conservation of angular momentum.)

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(a) Find the eigenvalues and eigenspinors of Sy .

(b) If you measured Syon a particle in the general state X(Equation 4.139), what values might you get, and what is the probability of each? Check that the probabilities add up to 1 . Note: a and b need not be real!

(c) If you measuredSy2 , what values might you get, and with what probabilities?

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Work out the radial wave functions R30,R31,andR32using the recursion formula. Don鈥檛 bother to normalize them.

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(a) NormalizeR20 (Equation 4.82), and construct the function200.

(b) NormalizeR21(Equation 4.83), and construct the function.

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(a) Using Equation 4.88, work out the first four Laguerre polynomials.

(b) Using Equations 4.86, 4.87, and 4.88, find v(), for the case n=5,I=2.

(c) Find v()again (for the case role="math" localid="1658315521558" n=5,I=2), but this time get it from the recursion formula (Equation 4.76).

Lq(x)=eqq!(ddx)q(e-x-x9)(4.88)v()=Ln-2l+1l-1(4.86)Lqp(x)(-1)pddxLp+q(x)(4.87)cj+1=2(j+l+1-n)(j+1)(j+2l+2)cj(4.76)

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(a) Find鈱﹔鈱猘nd鈱﹔虏鈱猣or an electron in the ground state of hydrogen. Express your answers in terms of the Bohr radius.

(b) Find鈱﹛鈱猘nd (x2)for an electron in the ground state of hydrogen.

Hint: This requires no new integration鈥攏ote that r2=x2+y2+z2,and exploit the symmetry of the ground state.

(c) Find鈱﹛虏鈱猧n the state n=2,l=1,m=1. Hint: this state is not symmetrical in x, y, z. Usex=rsincosx=rsincos

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What is the most probable value of r, in the ground state of hydrogen? (The answer is not zero!) Hint: First you must figure out the probability that the electron would be found between r and r + dr.

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A hydrogenic atom consists of a single electron orbiting a nucleus with Z protons. (Z=1 would be hydrogen itself,Z=2is ionized helium ,Z=3is doubly ionized lithium, and so on.) Determine the Bohr energies En(Z), the binding energyE1(Z), the Bohr radiusa(Z), and the Rydberg constant R(Z)for a hydrogenic atom. (Express your answers as appropriate multiples of the hydrogen values.) Where in the electromagnetic spectrum would the Lyman series fall, for Z=2and Z=3? Hint: There鈥檚 nothing much to calculate here鈥 in the potential (Equation 4.52) Ze2, so all you have to do is make the same substitution in all the final results.

V(r)=-e24o01r (4.52).

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Consider the earth鈥搒un system as a gravitational analog to the hydrogen atom.

(a) What is the potential energy function (replacing Equation 4.52)? (Let be the mass of the earth, and M the mass of the sun.)

V(r)=-e2400,1r

(b) What is the 鈥淏ohr radius,鈥ag,for this system? Work out the actual number.

(c) Write down the gravitational 鈥淏ohr formula,鈥 and, by equating Ento the classical energy of a planet in a circular orbit of radius r0, show that n=r0/ag.From this, estimate the quantum number n of the earth.

(d) Suppose the earth made a transition to the next lower level(n-1) . How much energy (in Joules) would be released? What would the wavelength of the emitted photon (or, more likely, gravitation) be? (Express your answer in light years-is the remarkable answer a coincidence?).

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