Chapter 2: Q21P (page 67)
A free particle has the initial wave function
where A and a are positive real constants.
(a)Normalize
(b) Find.
(c) Construct ,in the form of an integral.
(d) Discuss the limiting cases very large, and a very small.
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Chapter 2: Q21P (page 67)
A free particle has the initial wave function
where A and a are positive real constants.
(a)Normalize
(b) Find.
(c) Construct ,in the form of an integral.
(d) Discuss the limiting cases very large, and a very small.
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a) Show that the wave function of a particle in the infinite square well returns to its original form after a quantum revival time T = 4ma2/蟺~. That is: 唯 (x, T) = 唯 (x, 0) for any state (not just a stationary state).
(b) What is the classical revival time, for a particle of energy E bouncing back and forth between the walls?
(c) For what energy are the two revival times equal?
Solve the time-independent Schr 虉odinger equation for a centered infinite square well with a delta-function barrier in the middle:
Treat the even and odd wave functions separately. Don鈥檛 bother to normalize them. Find the allowed energies (graphically, if necessary). How do they compare with the corresponding energies in the absence of the delta function? Explain why the odd solutions are not affected by the delta function. Comment on the limiting cases 伪 鈫 0 and 伪 鈫 鈭.
A particle is in the ground state of the harmonic oscillator with classical frequency , when suddenly the spring constant quadruples, so , without initially changing the wave function (of course, will now evolve differently, because the Hamiltonian has changed). What is the probability that a measurement of the energy would still return the value ? What is the probability of getting ?
A particle in the infinite square well (Equation 2.22) has the initial wave function 唯 (x, 0) = A sin3(蟺x/a) (0 鈮 x 鈮 a). Determine A, find 唯(x, t), and calculate 銆坸銆塧s a function of time. What is the expectation value of the energy? Hint: sinn胃 and cosn胃 can be reduced, by repeated application of the
trigonometric sum formulas, to linear combinations of sin(m胃) and cos(m胃), with m = 0, 1, 2, . . ., n.
This problem is designed to guide you through a 鈥減roof鈥 of Plancherel鈥檚 theorem, by starting with the theory of ordinary Fourier series on a finite interval, and allowing that interval to expand to infinity.
(a) Dirichlet鈥檚 theorem says that 鈥渁ny鈥 function f(x) on the interval can be expanded as a Fourier series:
Show that this can be written equivalently as
.
What is , in terms of and ?
(b) Show (by appropriate modification of Fourier鈥檚 trick) that
(c) Eliminate n and in favor of the new variables . Show that (a) and (b) now become
.
where is the increment in k from one n to the next.
(d) Take the limit to obtain Plancherel鈥檚 theorem. Comment: In view of their quite different origins, it is surprising (and delightful) that the two formulas鈥攐ne for F(k) in terms of f(x), the other for f(x) terms of F(k) 鈥攈ave such a similar structure in the limit .
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