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A particle in the infinite square well (Equation 2.22) has the initial wave function 唯 (x, 0) = A sin3(蟺虫/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.

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A=45a(x,t)=15a3exp-i2h2ma2tsin蟺虫a-exp-i92h2ma2tsin3蟺虫ax=a2Expectationvalueforenergy,E=92h210ma2

Step by step solution

01

The Partial differential equation:

Schrodinger equation is given by,

iht=h22m2x2+V(x,t)(x,t)

For an infinite square well,

V(x,t)=V(x)=0,0<x<a,otherwise

Reducing the partial differential equation to two ordinary differential equations in x and t:

ih'(t)(t)=E-h22m''(x)(x)=E

In the boundary conditions(0)=0and (a)=0, the time-independent Schr枚dinger equation gives normalized solutions of the form,

n(x)=2asinn蟺虫aEn=n22h22ma2

Using this formula, the solution to the ordinary differential equation in t is n(t)=e-iEnt/h. The general solution for (x,t)is a linear combination of the product solutions n(t)n(x)for all n.

02

General solution

By using the general solution

(x,t)=n-1cnn(t)n(x)(x,t)=n-1cn2aexp-in22h2ma2sinn蟺虫a

at t = 0

(x,0)=n-1cn2asinn蟺虫a(x,0)=Asin3蟺虫a(x,0)=Aeinx/a-e-inx/a2i3(x,0)=Ae3inx/a-3e-inx/a+3e-inx/a-e-3inx/a8i3(x,0)=A34einx/a-e-inx/a2i-14e3inx/a-e-3inx/a2i(x,0)=3A4sin蟺虫a-A4sin3蟺虫a(x,0)=3A4a21(x)-A4a23(x)


Comparing the coefficients,

c12a=3A4,n=1c12a=A4,n=3c12a=0,n1&n3

Hence,

localid="1658294538499" (x,t)=3A4exp-i2h2ma2tsin蟺虫a-A4exp-i92h2ma2tsin3蟺虫a

03

Normalising the wave function

Here the wave function is:

1=0a(x,0)2dx1=0a3A4a21x-A4a23x2dx1=0a9A216a21x2-23A4A4a21(x)3x+A216a23(x)2dx

Using the orthonormality of eigenstates to evaluate this integral,

1=5aA216A=45a

Hence, the wave function becomes,

(x,t)=15a3exp-i2h2ma2tsin蟺虫a-exp-i92h2ma2tsin3蟺虫a

In terms of eigenstates,

(x,t)=3A4a21(x)e-iE1t/h-A4a23(x)e-iE3t/h(x,t)=3101(x)e-iE1t/h-1103(x)e-iE3t/h

04

Calculating the expectation value of energy

The expectation value of energy can be calculated as:

E=ncn2EnE=c12E1+c32E3E=E13102+E3-1102E=910E1+110E3E=9102h22ma2+11092h22ma2E=92h210ma2

05

Calculating the expectation value of x

The expectation value of x can be calculated here as:

x=0a*x,tx(x,t)dxx=0ax15a3exp-i2h2ma2tsin蟺虫a-exp-i92h2ma2tsin3蟺虫adx15a3expi2h2ma2tsin蟺虫a-expi92h2ma2tsin3蟺虫ax=15a0ax9sin2蟺虫a+sin23蟺虫a-6cos42hma2tsin蟺虫asin3蟺虫adx

Splitting up the integral and evaluating it, we get,

x=95a0axsin2蟺虫adx+15a0axsin23蟺虫adx-65acos42hma2t0axsin蟺虫asin3蟺虫adxx=a2-9100-1100-35cos42hma2t0-0x=a2

Calculated values are :A=45a

role="math" localid="1658296781760" (x,t)=15a3exp-i2h2ma2tsin蟺虫a-exp-i92h2ma2tsin3蟺虫ax=a2

Expectation value for energy, E=92h210ma2

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