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Show that the uncertainty in the position of a ground state harmonic oscillator is 1/22/mk1/4.

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The uncertainty in position in the ground state of harmonic oscillator is 122mk1/4.

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01

Uncertainty

The uncertainty in the position of harmonic oscillator is the deflection from the actual position of the oscillator.

02

Determination of uncertainty in the position of harmonic oscillator

The relation between uncertainty in position and momentum is given as:

xp=2

The angular frequency of the harmonic oscillator is given as:

=km

The energy of a quantum harmonic oscillator is given as:

E=p22m+12m2x2E=12m2x2+12m2x2E=28mx2+12m2x2

Differentiate the above expression with respect to position.

dEdx=ddx28mx2+12m2x2dEdx=-228mx3+12mkm22xdEdx=-24mx3+kx

The uncertainty in position in the ground state will be zero so substitute dEdx=0in the above expression.

0=-24mx3+kx24mx3=kxx4=24mkx=122mk1/4

Therefore, the uncertainty in position in the ground state of harmonic oscillator is 122mk1/4.

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