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Suppose we used a minus sign in our trial wave function (Equation 7.37):ψ=A[ψ0(r1)-ψ0(r2)]): Without doing any new integrals, find F(x) (the analog to Equation ) for this case, and construct the graph. Show that there is no evidence of bonding. (Since the variational principle only gives an upper bound, this doesn't prove that bonding cannot occur for such a state, but it certainly doesn't look promising). Comment: Actually, any function of the form ψ=A[ψ0(r1)+eiϕψ0(r2)]has the desired property that the electron is equally likely to be associated with either proton. However, since the Hamiltonian (Equation 7.35 ) is invariant under the interchange P:r1↔r2 , its eigen functions can be chosen to be simultaneously eigen functions of P . The plus sign (Equation 7.37) goes with the eigenvalue +1 , and the minus sign (Equation 7.52 ) with the eigenvalue -1 ; nothing is to be gained by considering the ostensibly more general case (Equation 7.53), though you're welcome to try it, if you're interested.

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The value ofF(x)=-E1-1+2x(1+x)e-2x+2x23-1e-x1-e-x1+x+x23

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01

The two equations

Equation 7.43 gives the normalization factor as,

|A|2=12(1+I)where I is overlap integral which determines the amount by which ψ0(r1)overlaps ψ0(r2).

Equation 7.44 gives the expectation value of H in the trial stateψ ,

role="math" localid="1658377951717" ⟨H⟩=E1-2|A|2e24πϵ0⟨ψ0(r1)1r2/r2|ψ0(r1)⟩+⟨ψ0(r1)1r1ψ0(r2)⟩

02

Definition of integral

An integral is a number that is assigned to a function in order to explain displacement, area, volume, and other notions that occur when infinitesimal data is combined.

Integration is the term used to describe the process of locating integrals.

03

The value of  F(x)

Consider that,

ψ=A[ψ0(r1)-ψ0(r2)]

Two things that change sign are - integral I from Equation 7.43 and sign inside the parenthesis in the Equation 7.44 . So,

role="math" localid="1658378005528" |A|2=12(1+I)⟨H⟩=E1-2|A|2e24πϵ0⟨ψ0(r1)1r2/r2|ψ0(r1)⟩+⟨ψ0(r1)1r1ψ0(r2)⟩

The Equation 7.49 now becomes:

⟨H⟩=1+2D-X1-IE1

04

Adding repulsion

Add proton-proton repulsionVpp in order to get total energyF(x), wherex=R/a:

F(x)=E1+3E11-e-x1+x+x231x-1+1xe-2x-1+xe-x-2xE1=-E1-1+2x-2x1-1+xe-2x-x+x2e-x1-e-x1+x+x23=-E1-1+2x1-e-x1+x+x23-1+1+xe-2x+x+x2e-x1-e-x1+x+x23=-E1-1+2x1+xe-2x+2x23-1e-x1-e-x1+x+x23

In the graph below, this function is represented by a black line.

The Equation 7.51has a bound state, as shown by the blue line.

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Using Egs=-79.0 eV for the ground state energy of helium, calculate the ionization energy (the energy required to remove just one electron). Hint: First calculate the ground state energy of the helium ion, He+, with a single electron orbiting the nucleus; then subtract the two energies.

Find the lowest bound on the ground state of hydrogen you can get using a Gaussian trial wave function

ψ(r)=Ae-br2,

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Suppose you’re given a two-level quantum system whose (time-independent) Hamiltonian H0admits just two Eigen states, Ψa (with energy Ea ), and Ψb(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′, with the following matrix elements:

Ψa|H'|Ψa=Ψb|H'|Ψb=0;Ψa|H'|Ψb=Ψb|H'|Ψa (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

Ψ=(³¦´Ç²õÏ•)Ψa+(²õ¾±²ÔÏ•)ψb (7.75).

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

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

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