Chapter 4: Q3 P (page 135)
Use equations 4.27 4.28 and 4.32 to constructCheck that they are normalized and orthogonal
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Chapter 4: Q3 P (page 135)
Use equations 4.27 4.28 and 4.32 to constructCheck that they are normalized and orthogonal
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A particle of mass m is placed in a finite spherical well:
Find the ground state, by solving the radial equation with. Show that there is no bound state if .
Construct the spin matrices , for a particle of spin 1. Hint: How many eigenstates of are there? Determine the action of , , and on each of these states. Follow the procedure used in the text for spin .
Construct the matrixrepresenting the component of spin angular momentum along an arbitrary direction. Use spherical coordinates, for which
[4.154]
Find the eigenvalues and (normalized) eigen spinors of. Answer:
; [4.155]
Note: You're always free to multiply by an arbitrary phase factor-say,-so your answer may not look exactly the same as mine.
A hydrogenic atom consists of a single electron orbiting a nucleus with Z protons. ( would be hydrogen itself,is ionized helium ,is doubly ionized lithium, and so on.) Determine the Bohr energies , the binding energy, the Bohr radius, and the Rydberg constant Rfor a hydrogenic atom. (Express your answers as appropriate multiples of the hydrogen values.) Where in the electromagnetic spectrum would the Lyman series fall, for and ? Hint: There’s nothing much to calculate here— in the potential (Equation 4.52) , so all you have to do is make the same substitution in all the final results.
(4.52).
(a) Starting with the canonical commutation relations for position and momentum (Equation 4.10), work out the following commutators:
(b) Use these results to obtain directly from Equation 4.96.
(c) Evaluate the commutators and(where, of course,
(d) Show that the Hamiltonian commutes with all three components of L, provided that V depends only on r . (Thus and are mutually compatible observables.)
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