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Two identical spin-zero bosons are placed in an infinite square well (Equation 2.19). They interact weakly with one another, via the potential

V(x1,x2)=-aV0(x1-x2). (2.19).

(where V0is a constant with the dimensions of energy, and a is the width of the well).

(a)First, ignoring the interaction between the particles, find the ground state and the first excited state鈥攂oth the wave functions and the associated energies.

(b) Use first-order perturbation theory to estimate the effect of the particle鈥 particle interaction on the energies of the ground state and the first excited state.

Short Answer

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(a) Ground state:

10(x1,x2)=1(x1)1(x2)=2asin(x1a)sin(x2a);E10=2E1=22ma2

First excited state:

20(x1,x2)=12[1x12x2+2x11x2].=E20=E1+E2=5222ma2

(b)-32V0(38-516)=-2V0

Step by step solution

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(a) Finding the ground state and the first excited state

In terms of the one-particle states (Eq. 2.28) and energies (Eq. 2.27):

nx=2asin苍蟺ax (2.28).

En=2kn22m=n2222ma2 (2.27).

Ground state:10x1x2=1x11x2=2asin蟺虫1asin蟺虫2a;E10=2E1=22ma2

First excited state:20x1x2=121x12x2+2x11x2

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 Step2: (b) estimating the effect of the particle– particle interaction on the energies of the ground state and the first excited state

E11=10H'10=-aV02a20a0asin2x1asin2x2ax1-x2dx1dx2=-4V0a0asin4xadx=-4V0aa0sin4ydy=-4V0,38=-32V0E21=20H'20

=-aV02a20asinx1asin2x2a+sin2x1asinx2a2x1-x2dx1dx2.=-2V0a0asinxasin2xa+sin2xa+sin2xasinxa2dx=-8V0a0asinxasin2xadx=-8V0a.a0sin2ysin22ydy=-8V0a.40sin2ysin2ycos2ydy=-32V00(sin4y-sin6y)dy-32V038-516=-2V0.

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Suppose we put a delta-function bump in the center of the infinite square well:

H'=伪未(x-a/2)

whereais a constant.

(a) Find the first-order correction to the allowed energies. Explain why the energies are not perturbed for evenn.

(b) Find the first three nonzero terms in the expansion (Equation 6.13) of the correction to the ground state,11.

Van der Waals interaction. Consider two atoms a distanceapart. Because they are electrically neutral you might suppose there would be no force between them, but if they are polarizable there is in fact a weak attraction. To model this system, picture each atom as an electron (mass m , charge -e ) attached by a spring (spring constant k ) to the nucleus (charge +e ), as in Figure. We'll assume the nuclei are heavy, and essentially motionless. The Hamiltonian for the unperturbed system is

H0=12mp12+12kx12+12mp22+12kx22[6.96]

The Coulomb interaction between the atoms is

H'=14蟺系0(e2R-e2R-x1-e2R+x2+e2R-x1+x2 [6.97]

(a) Explain Equation6.97. Assuming that localid="1658203563220" |x1| and |x2|are both much less than, show that

localid="1658203513972" H'-e2x1x220R3 [6.98]

(b) Show that the total Hamiltonian (Equationplus Equation) separates into two harmonic oscillator Hamiltonians:

H=[12mp+2+12(k-e220R3x+2]+[+12mp-2+12(k+e220R3x-2] [6.99]

under the change of variables

x12(x1x2) Which entails p=12(p1p2) [6.100]

(c) The ground state energy for this Hamiltonian is evidently

E=12(++-) Where =k(e2/20R3)m [6.101]

Without the Coulomb interaction it would have been E0=0, where 0=k/m. Assuming that, show that

VE-E0-8m203(e220)21R6. [6.102]

Conclusion: There is an attractive potential between the atoms, proportional to the inverse sixth power of their separation. This is the van der Waals interaction between two neutral atoms.

(d) Now do the same calculation using second-order perturbation theory. Hint: The unperturbed states are of the form n1(x1)n2(x2), where n(x)is a one-particle oscillator wave function with mass mand spring constant k;Vis the second-order correction to the ground state energy, for the perturbation in Equation 6.98 (notice that the first-order correction is zero).

(a) Find the second-order correction to the energies(En2)for 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 energy(E02)for the potential in Problem 6.2. Check that your result is consistent with the exact solution.

Use Equation 6.59 to estimate the internal field in hydrogen, and characterize quantitatively a "strong" and "weak" Zeeman field.

Consider the isotropic three-dimensional harmonic oscillator (Problem 4.38). Discuss the effect (in first order) of the perturbation H'=位虫2yz

(for some constant ) on

(a) the ground state

(b) the (triply degenerate) first excited state. Hint: Use the answers to Problems 2.12and 3.33

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