Chapter 6: Q25P (page 283)
Work out the matrix elements of construct the W matrix given in the text, for n = 2.
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Chapter 6: Q25P (page 283)
Work out the matrix elements of construct the W matrix given in the text, for n = 2.
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Show thatis Hermitian, butis not, for hydrogen states with. Hint: For such statesis independent ofand, so
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(Equation 4.13). Using integration by parts, show that
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Check that the boundary term vanishes for, which goes like
near the origin. Now do the same for, and show that the boundary terms do not vanish. In fact:
(a) Find the second-order correction to the energiesfor the potential in Problem 6.1. Comment: You can sum the series explicitly, obtaining -for odd n.
(b) Calculate the second-order correction to the ground state energyfor the potential in Problem 6.2. Check that your result is consistent with the exact solution.
Consider a charged particle in the one-dimensional harmonic oscillator potential. Suppose we turn on a weak electric field (E), so that the potential energy is shifted by an amount.(a) Show that there is no first-order change in the energy levels, and calculate the second-order correction. Hint: See Problem 3.33.
(b) The Schr枚dinger equation can be solved directly in this case, by a change of variables. Find the exact energies, and show that they are consistent with the perturbation theory approximation.
Question: Consider a quantum system with just three linearly independent states. Suppose the Hamiltonian, in matrix form, is
Whereis a constant, andis some small number.
(a) Write down the eigenvectors and eigenvalues of the unperturbed Hamiltonian.
(b) Solve for the exact eigen values of H. Expand each of them as a power series in, up to second order.
(c) Use first- and second-order non degenerate perturbation theory to find the approximate eigen value for the state that grows out of the non-degenerate eigenvector of. Compare the exact result, from (a).
(d) Use degenerate perturbation theory to find the first-order correction to the two initially degenerate eigen values. Compare the exact results.
Suppose the Hamiltonian H, for a particular quantum system, is a function of some parameter let and be the eigen values and
Eigen functions of. The Feynman-Hellmann theoremstates that
(Assuming either that is nondegenerate, or-if degenerate-that the 's are the "good" linear combinations of the degenerate Eigen functions).
(a) Prove the Feynman-Hellmann theorem. Hint: Use Equation 6.9.
(b) Apply it to the one-dimensional harmonic oscillator,(i)using (this yields a formula for the expectation value of V), (II)using (this yields (T)),and (iii)using (this yields a relation between (T)and (V)). Compare your answers to Problem 2.12, and the virial theorem predictions (Problem 3.31).
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