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A particle of mass m is initially in the ground state of the (one-dimensional) infinite square well. At time t = 0 a 鈥渂rick鈥 is dropped into the well, so that the potential becomes

V(x)={V0,0xa/20,a/2<xa;,otherwise

where V0E1After a time T, the brick is removed, and the energy of the particle is measured. Find the probability (in first-order perturbation theory) that the result is nowE2 .

Short Answer

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The probability is P12=16ma2V0932sin32魔罢4ma22

Step by step solution

01

First-Order perturbation theory

The first-Order perturbation equation includes all the terms in the Schrodinger equation H=E that represent the first order approximations to H,,EThis equation can be obtained by truncating H,,Eafter the first order terms.

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Step 2: Finding the probability

Equations 9.1 and 9.2 are given by:

H0n=Ennnm=nm 鈥︹ (1)

At time t=0we turn on a perturbation H'tso that the total Hamiltonian is:

H=H0+H't

The wave function is given by:

H=it 鈥︹ (2)

The time dependent Schrodinger equation is given by:

t=cne-iEnt/n+-icnEne-iEnt/n 鈥︹ (3)

Taking the time derivative of the wave function to get:

substitute into (3) with this equation and with the wave function on the LHS, so we get:

cne-iEnt/Enn+cne-iEnt/H'n=icne-iEnt/n+i

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Step 3: The first term in LHS and the second term in RHS.

The first term in the LHS and the second term in the RHS are the same so they cancel each other鈥檚, so we get:

cne-iEnt/H'n=icne-iEnt/n

Now take the inner product with $\psi_{m}$, we get:

cne-iEnt/mH'n=icne-iEnt/mn

Let H'mnmH'n and use the orthonormality in equation (1), we get:

cne-iEnt/H'mn=icme-iEmt/

Solve for cmwe get:

cm=-incnH'mneiEm-Ent/ 鈥︹赌(4)

Consider a system starts out in the state this means at the zeroth order coefficients are:

cNt=nNcmt=0

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Step 4: The value of the exponentials is 1

Note that the value of the exponential is 1 , since EN-EN=0Integrate this equation from 0 to t, using the condition of the zeroth order, so we get:

cNt=1i0tH'NNt'dt'

The other coefficient we get:

cm=-iH'mNeiEm-ENt/h

Integrate this equation from 0 to t, using the condition of the zeroth order, so we get:

cmt=-i0tH'mNt'eiEm-ENt'/dt'

The probability of transition from state N to state M is given by:

PNM=cM2assume H'that is constant, then we can use the result of part (b) to find the constant cMtwhere H'can be pulled out of the integral, so we get:

cMt=-iH'MN0teiEM-ENt'/dt'

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Step 5: The integration of the values.

The integral now is very simple, and can be done as follow:

cMt=-iH'MNeiEm-ENt'/iEM-ENl0t=-H'MNeiEm-ENt'/-1EM-EN=H'MNEM-ENeiEm-ENt/22isinEM-EN2t

Note that we factor out eiEm-ENt/2in the second line and then we use the representation of the sine function in terms of the complex exponential. Thus,

cM2=4H'MN2EM-ENsin2EM-EN2t

Thus:

PNM4H'MN2EM-EN2sin2EM-EN2t 鈥︹赌(5)

Consider a particle of mass is initially in the ground state of the one dimensional infinite square well. At time t=0 a brick is dropped into the well, so the potential becomes:

Vx=V0,if0xa/20,ifa/2<xa,otherwise

where V0E1After a time Tthe brick is removed, and the energy of the particle is

measured.

We need to find P12using (5), in order to do that we need need to findH'12 we need the unperturbed wave functions:

nx=2asinn蟺虫a

Thus:

H12'=2a0a/2sinaxV0sin2adx

But:

sin2ax=2sinaxcosax

So,

H12'=4V0a0a/2sin2axcos2axdx

Let,

y=sinaxdya=cosaxdx

The integral limits will be from y=0at x=0 to y=1at x=a/2so: thus,

H12'=4V001y2dy=4V03 鈥︹ (6)

The energy difference between n=1and n=2 that is:

En=n2222ma2E2-E1=3222ma2 ..... (7)

Substitute from (6) and (7) into (5) we get:

P12=44V032ma23222sin2324ma2t=16ma2V0932sin32魔罢4ma22P12=16ma2V0932sin32魔罢4ma22

Thus, the probability is P12=16ma2V0932sin32魔罢4ma22

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