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Suppose you鈥檙e given a two-level quantum system whose (time-independent) Hamiltonian H0admits just two Eigen states, a (with energy Ea ), and b(with energy Eb ). They are orthogonal, normalized, and non-degenerate (assume Ea is the smaller of the two energies). Now we turn on a perturbation H鈥, with the following matrix elements:

a|H'|a=b|H'|b=0;a|H'|b=b|H'|a (7.74).

where h is some specified constant.

(a) Find the exact Eigen values of the perturbed Hamiltonian.

(b) Estimate the energies of the perturbed system using second-order perturbation theory.

(c) Estimate the ground state energy of the perturbed system using the variation principle, with a trial function of the form

=(肠辞蝉蠒)a+(蝉颈苍蠒)b (7.75).

where 蠒 is an adjustable parameter. Note: Writing the linear combination in this way is just a neat way to guarantee that 蠄 is normalized.

(d) Compare your answers to (a), (b), and (c). Why is the variational principle so accurate, in this case?

Short Answer

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(a)E=12Ea+EbEa-Eb2+4h2

(b)E-Ea-h2Eb-Ea;E+Eb+h2Eb-Ea

(c)Hmin=-12Ea+EbEb-Ea2+4h2

(d) Using Taylor series (small h) to expand results in (a) we obtained results from

Step by step solution

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(a) Finding the exact Eigen value

In order to find Eigen values of H, calculate:

detH-.l=0Ea-Eb--h2=02-Ea+Eb+EaEb-h2=0

=12Ea+EbEa2+2EaEb+Eb2-4EaEb+4h2E=12Ea+EbEa-Eb2+4h2

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Step 2:(b) Estimating the energies

Zero order: Ea0=Ea,Eb0=Eb

First order: Ea1=a|H'|a=0,Eb1=b|H'|b=0

Second order:

Ea2=b|H'|a2Ea-Eb=-h2Eb-Ea;Eb2=a|H'|b2Eb-Ea=h2Eb-EaE-Ea-h2Eb-Ea;E+Eb+h2Eb-Ea

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 Step 3:(c) Estimating the ground state energy

Here estimating the ground state energy.

H=肠辞蝉蠒蠄a+蝉颈苍蠒蠄bH0+H'肠辞蝉蠒蠄a+蝉颈苍蠒蠄b=cos2a|H0|a+sin2b|H0|b+蝉颈苍蠒肠辞蝉蠒b|H'|a+蝉颈苍蠒肠辞蝉蠒a|H'|b=Eacos2+Ebsin2+2hsin肠辞蝉蠒

So,

H=-Ea2cossin+Eb2sincos+2hcos2-sin2=Eb-Easin2+2hcos2=0tan2=-2hEb-Ea=-owhereo2hEb-Ea.sin21-sin22=-o;sin22=o21-sin22orsin221+o2=o2;sin2=o1+o2;cos22=1-sin22

=1-o21+o2=11+o2;cos2=+11+o2signdictatedbytan2=sin2cos2=-o.cos2=121+cos2=121+11+o2;sin2=121-cos2=12111+o2

Hmin=12Ea1+11+o2+12Eb111+o2ho1+o2=12Ea+EbEb+Ea+2ho1+o2

But

Eb-Ea+2ho1+o2=Eb-Ea+2h2hEb-Ea1+4h2Eb-Ea2=Eb-Ea2+4h2Eb-Ea2+4h2=Eb-Ea2+4h2SoHmin=12Ea+EbEb-Ea2+4h2

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 Step 4:(d) Comparing (a),(b) and (c)

We can obtain results from task (b) if we expand in Taylor series exact energies from task (a). we use limit where h is very small, which has to be if we want to use perturbation theory:

E=12[Ea+EbEb+Ea1+4h2Eb+EaE12Ea+EbEb+Ea1+2h2Eb+Ea2=12Ea+EbEb+Ea2h2Eb+Ea

so localid="1658396154675" E+Eb+h2Eb+Ea,E-Ea-h2Eb+Ea,

Confirming the perturbation theory results in (b). The variation principle (c) gets the ground state(E鈭) exactly right-not too surprising since the trial wave function Eq. 7.75 is almost the most general state (there could be a relative phase factor ei .

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