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Calculate ca(t)andcb(t), to second order, for a time-independent perturbation in Problem 9.2. Compare your answer with the exact result.

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The formula agree up to second order.

cat=1-Hab20h2-it+101-ei0t=1+10h2Hab2-it+10ei0t-1cat=1-2Hbaih20ei0t/2sin0t/2=1-2Hbaih20ei0t/212ie0t/2-e0t/2=-Hbah0e0t/2-1

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01

Concept used

Consider a time dependent potential, we can solve the Schrodinger equation for this potential in a two state system if we split the Hamiltonian into a time independent partH0 and time dependent partH1, that is:

H=H0+H1

This is done in the section 9.1 to get the solution of:

x,t=catxe-Eat/h+cbtbxe-Eat/h

02

Calculating  to second order for the perturbation theory

For H鈥 independent of t,cb2(t)andcb1(t)=-ihHba0tei蝇0tdt'

localid="1658396453751" cb2t=-ihHbaei蝇0ti蝇00t=-Hbah0ei蝇0t-1dca1dt=0ca1t=1

dca1dt=-ihHbaei0tcb1=-ih0tHbat'ei0tdt

Meanwhile

localid="1658397606335" cb2t=1-ih2Hba20tei0tei0tdt'dt=1-ih2Hba21i00t1-ei0tdt

=1+i0h2Hab2t=e-i0ti00t=1+i0h2Hab2t+i0e-i0t-1

dca2dt=-ihHabei0t-ih0tHbat'ei0tdt

ca2t=1-ih20tHabt'ei蝇0t0tHbat'ei蝇0tdt'dt

.

For comparison with the exact answers , note first that cbtis already first order (because of the Hbain front), whereas differs from 0only in second order, so it suffices to replace0in the exact formula to get the second-order result:

localid="1658403529843" cbt2Hbaih0ei0t/2sini0t/2=2Hbaih0e0t/212iei0t/2-ei0t/2=-Hbah0ei0t-1

in agreement with the result above.

Checkingis more difficult. Note that

=01+4Hab202h201+2Hab202h2=0+2Hab202h2;01-2Hab202h2

Taylor expansion:

cosx+o=cosx-osinxcost/2=cos0t2+Hab20h2cos0t/2-Hab2t0h2sin0t/2sinx+o=sinx-sinxocost/2=sin0t2+Hab20h2sin0t/2-Hab2t0h2cos0t/2

localid="1658402491191" cate-i0t/2cos0t2-Hab2t0h2sin0t2+i1-2Hab20h2sin0t2+Hab2t0h2cos0t2=e-i0t/2e-i0t/2-Hab2t0h2itei0t/2+2i012iei0t/2-ei0t/2

=1-Hab20h2-it+101-ei0t=1-Hab20h2-it+101-ei0t,asabove

,asabove.

Thus the formula agree up to second order.

cat2Hbaih0ei0t/2sini0t/2=2Hbaih0e0t/212iei0t/2-ei0t/2=-Hbah0ei0t-1cbt2Hbaih0ei0t/2sini0t/2=2Hbaih0e0t/212iei0t/2-ei0t/2=-Hbah0ei0t-1

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