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    PHYS 478/601 QUANTUM MECHANICS II

    Assignment 5
    Due: Monday March 13, 2017

    Problem 1 Magnetic Resonance

    A spin-1/2 particle with gyromagnetic ratio , at rest in a static field B0 k,


    precesses with the Larmour frequency 0 = B0 . Now we turn on a small
    transverse radio-frequency (rf) field, Brf [cos(t)i sin(t)j], so that the total
    field is
    B = Brf cos(t)i Brf sin(t)j + B0 k.

    (a) Constructthe 2 2 Hamiltonian matrix for this system.


    a(t)
    (b) If (t) = is the spin at time t, show that
    b(t)

    i i
    eit b + 0 a ; b = eit a 0 b
     
    a =
    2 2
    where Brf is related to the strength of the rf field.
    (c) Find the general solution for a(t) and b(t) in terms of their initial values
    a0 and b0 . Anwer:
     
    0 i 0
    a(t) = a0 cos( t/2) + 0 [a0 (0 ) + b0 ] sin( t/2) ei/2

     
    i
    b(t) = b0 cos( 0 t/2) + 0 [b0 (0 ) + a0 ] sin( 0 t/2) ei/2 ,

    where p
    0 ( 0 )2 + 2 .
    (d) If the particle starts out with spin up (i.e, a0 = 1, b0 = 0), find the
    probability of a transition to spin down, as a function of time. Answer: P (t) =
    {2 /[( 0 )2 + 2 ]} sin2 ( 0 t/2).
    (e) Sketch the resonance curve:

    2
    P () = ,
    ( 0 )2 + 2
    as a function of the driving frequency (for fixed 0 and ). Note that the
    maximum occurs at = 0 . Fine the full width at half-maximum, .
    (f) Since 0 = B0 , we can use the experimentally observed resonance to
    determine the magnetic dipole moment of the particle. In a nuclear magnetic
    resonance (NMR) experiment the g-factor of the proton is to be measured,
    using a static field of 10,000 gauss and an rf field of amplitude 0.01 gauss.
    What will the resonant frequency be? Find the width of the resonance curve.
    (Give your answers in Hz.)

    1
    Problem 2

    Show that the spontaneous emission rate (Equation 9.56 in the textbook)
    for a transition from n, l to n0 , l0 in hydrogen is

    l+1
    2 3 2
    e I

    , if l0 = l + 1
    2l +1
    hc3
    30 l
    , if l0 = l 1,
    2l 1
    where
    Z
    I r3 Rnl (r)Rn0 l0 (r)dr.
    0

    The atom starts out with a specific value of m, and then it goes to any of the
    states m0 consistent with the selection rules m0 = m + 1, m, or m 1. Notice
    that the answer is independent of m. Hint: First calculate the non-zero matrix
    elements of x, y, and z between |nlmi and |n0 l0 m0 i for the case l0 = l + 1. From
    these, determine the quantity

    |hn0 , l + 1, m + 1|r|nlmi|2 + |hn0 , l + 1, m|r|nlmi|2 + |hn0 , l + 1, m 1|r|nlmi|2 .

    Then do the same for l0 = l 1.

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