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Exercise Sheet # 2
Part 2: QM History & Introduction
Joyee Ghosh
1) A two-slit electron diffraction experiment is done with slits of unequal widths. When only slit S1 is
open, the number of electrons reaching the screen per second is 25 times the number of electrons
reaching the screen per second when only slit S2 is open. When both slits are open, an interference
pattern results in which the destructive interference is not complete. Determine the ratio of the
probability of an electron arriving at an interference maximum to the probability of an electron arriving
at an adjacent minimum. [Ans.: 2.25]
2) A hydrogen atom is 5.3 × 10−11 m in radius. Use the uncertainty relation to estimate the minimum
KE of an electron can have in this atom. [ Ans.: K.E. ~ 3.4 eV]
3) An excited atom gives its energy by emitting a photon of a characteristic frequency. If the average
life-time of an atom in the excited state is 1 × 10−8 s, find the bandwidth of the emitted radiation.
[Ans.: Δν ≥ 8 x 106 Hz]
4) A flat screen is located 0.60 m away from a single slit. Light with a wavelength of 510 nm shines
through the slit and produces a diffraction pattern. The width of the central bright fringe on screen is
0.050 m. What is the width of the slit? [Ans.: 1.2 × 10−5 m]
x Ce x
2 2
x
5) The wave function of a particle at t =0 is given by:
where C and α are constants. Calculate the probability of finding the particle in the region
0 x . [Ans. 1/2]