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    This document contains 4 problems related to quantum mechanics. Problem 1 involves calculating the total cross section for scattering by a square well potential. Problem 2 examines scattering by a Yukawa potential. Problem 3 looks at scattering by a delta shell potential. Problem 4 considers two fermions confined in a 1D box with a contact interaction.

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    PHYS532 - Quantum Mechanics II

    Problem Set 5
    Due:

    Problem 5.1. Consider a potential

    V = 0 for r > R, V = V0 = constant for r < R,

    where V0 may be positive or negative. Using the method of partial waves, show that for |V0 |  E = ~2 k 2 /2m
    and kR  1, the differential cross section is isotropic and that the total cross section is given by
    16π m2 V02 R6
     
    σtot = .
    9 ~4
    Suppose the energy is raised slightly. Show that the angular distribution can then be written as
    dσ
    = A + Bcosθ.
    dΩ
    Obtain an approximate expression for B/A.

    Problem 5.2. A spineless particle is scattered by a weak Yukawa potential


    V0 e−µr
    V = ,
    µr
    where µ > 0 but V0 can be positive or negative. It was shown in the text that the first-order Born amplitude
    is given by
    2mV0 1
    f (1) (θ) = − 2 .
    ~ µ [2k 2 (1 − cosθ) + µ2 ]

    a. Using f (1) (θ) and assuming |δl |  1, obtain an expression for δl in terms of a Legendre function of the
    second kind,
    1 1 Pl (ζ 0 ) 0
    Z
    Ql (ζ) = dζ .
    2 −1 ζ − ζ 0
    b. Use the expansion formula
     
    l! 1 (l + 1)(l + 2) 1 (l + 1)(l + 2)(l + 3)(l + 4) 1
    Ql (ζ) = × l+1 + + + · · · (|ζ| > 1)
    1 · 3 · 5 · · · (2l + 1) ζ 2(2l + 3) ζ l+3 2 · 4 · (2l + 3)(2l + 5) ζ l+5
    to prove each assertion.
    (i) |δl | is negative (positive) when the potential is repulsive (attractive).
    (ii) When the de Broglie wavelength is much longer than the range of the potential, δl is proportional
    to k 2l+1 . Find the proportionality constant.

    Problem 5.3. Consider scattering by a repulsive δ-shell potential:


     
    2m
    V (r) = γ δ(r − R), (γ > 0).
    ~2

    1
    a. Set up an equation that determines the s-wave phase shift δ0 as a function of k (E = ~2 k 2 /2m).
    b. Assume now that γ is very large,
    1
    γ , k.
    R
    Show that if tan kR is not close to zero, the s-wave phase shift resembles the hard-sphere result
    discussed in the text. Show also that for tan kR close to (but not exactly equal to) zero, resonance
    behavior is possible; that is, cot δ0 goes through zero from the positive side as k increases. Determine
    approximately the positions of the resonances keeping terms of order 1/γ; compare them with the
    bound-state energies for a particle confined inside a spherical wall of the same radius,

    V = 0, r < R; V = ∞, r > R.

    Also obtain an approximate expression for the resonance width Γ defined by


    −2
    Γ= ,
    [d(cot δ0 )/dE]|E=Er

    and notice, in particular, that the resonances become extremely sharp as γ becomes large.

    Problem 5.4. Two identical spin 12 fermions move in one dimension under the influence of the infinite-wall
    potential V = 0 for x < 0, x > L, and V = 0 for 0 ≤ x ≤ L.

    a. Write the ground-state wave function and the ground-state energy when the two particles are con-
    strained to a triplet spin state (ortho state).
    b. Repeat a. when they are in a singlet spin state (para state).
    c. Let us now suppose that the two particles interact mutually via a very short-range attractive potential
    that can be approximated by
    V = −λ δ(x1 − x2 ) (λ > 0).
    Assuming that perturbation theory is valid even with such a singular potential, discuss semiquantita-
    tively what happens to the energy levels obtained in a. and b.

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