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Consider the moving delta-function well: V(x,t)=-伪未(x-vt)

where v is the (constant) velocity of the well. (a) Show that the time-dependent Schr枚dinger equation admits the exact solution (x,t)=尘伪he-尘伪|x-vt|lh2e-i[E+1/2mv2t-mvx]lhwhere E=-尘伪2l2h2 is the bound-state energy of the stationary delta function. Hint: Plug it in and check it! Use the result of Problem 2.24(b). (b) Find the expectation value of the Hamiltonian in this state, and comment on the result.

Short Answer

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(a)The time-dependent Schr枚dinger equation conforms with the exact solution.

(b) The expectation value of the Hamiltonian in this state is H=E+12mv2.

Step by step solution

01

Define Hamiltonian

When time is not explicitly included in the function, it is equal to the total energy of the system. It is used to describe a dynamic system (such as the motion of a particle) in terms of components of momentum and coordinates of space and time, and it is equal to the total energy of the system.

02

Establish the equation to be true

(a)

An exact solution to the time-dependent Schrodinger equation with the moving delta-function wellVx,t=-x-vt, is given by:

x,t=mhe-mx-vtlh2e-iE+mv2l2t-mvxlh

Prove that this wave function satisfies the Schrodinger equation. The first derivative w.r.t is:

t=-mh2v2x-vt-1-iE+12mv2hThus:iht=imvh22x-vt-1+E+12mv2

Where:

tx-vt=-Vifx-vt>0V,ifx-vt<0

the function is defined by equation 2.143 as:

x=1x<00x>0

Using this definition, we can write equation (2) as:

tx-vt=-v2x-vt-1

Substitute with this equation into (1) to get:

t=mh2v2x-vt-1-iE+12mv2h

Thus;

iht=imvh2x-vt-1+E+12mv2

The first derivative w.r.t x is;

2x2=-mh22x-vt-1+imvh2-2mhxx-vt

Note that,

xx-vt=x-vt

Thus,

-h22m2x2=-h22m-mh22x-vt-1+imvh2+x-vt=-h22m-mh22x-vt-1+imvh2+x-vt=-h22m-m22h42x-vt-12-m2v2h2=-2imvhmh2x-vt-1+x-vt

Now 2x-vt-12=1,thus:-h22m2x2=-m22h2+12mv2+imvh2x-vt-1+x-vt-h22m2x2-x-vt=-m22h2+12mv2+imvh2x-vt-1

Also,E=12mv2,thus:-h22m2x2-x-vt=iht

Therefore, the time-dependent Schr枚dinger equation conforms with the exact solution.

03

Find the expectation value of the Hamiltonian,

(b)

The expectation value of Hamiltonian is expressed by the equation,

H=-*Hdx

Here,

H=iht

which is determined in part (a) and substituted into the following equation in equation (3); we get:

role="math" localid="1658299633201" H-mvh2x-vt-1+E+12mv2*

Let y=x-vt

thus:

H-mvh2x-vt-1+E+12mv22

from the normalization -2=1and 2x-vt-1 is an odd function, and the integration of an odd function from - to is zero,

so:

H=E+12mv2

Thus, the expectation value of the Hamiltonian in this state isH=E+12mv2 .

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