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    NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

    ROURKELA
    Autumn Semester 2024–25
    Statistical and Quantum Physics (PH1005)
    Assignment IV

    Speed of Light (c) Planck’s constant (h) Mass of Electron (me ) Charge of Electron (q)
    3.0 × 108 ms−1 6.62 × 10−34 J.s 9.1 x 10−31 kg 1.6 x 10−19 C

    All parts of a question should be answered at one place.

    1. Prove that the Schrodinger wave equation is linear by showing that ψ(x, t) = a1 ψ1(x, t) +
    a2 ψ2(x, t) is also a solution of the same equation if ψ1 and ψ2 are themselves solutions.
    2. A particle is represented by the following wave function:
    ψ(x) = C( 2x L
    L ) for 0 < x < 2 ,
    −2x L
    ψ(x) = C( L + 2) for 2 < x < L,
    and ψ(x) = 0 for x < 0 and x > L.

    a) Find the expectation value for the position of the particle and the square of the position
    of the particle, that is, < x > and < x2 >. √
    b) Find the variance in the value of the position of the particle, that is, < x2 > − < x >2 .
    3. Find the normlization constant C for the wave function described in question no. 2, and also
    evaluate the probability of finding the particle between x = L/2 and x = 3L/4 for the same
    wave function.
    −x2
    4. Find the value of the normalization constant A for the wave function ψ = Axe 2 .
    5. Show that the expectation values < px > and < xp > are related by < px > − < xp >= −ih̄.
    6. An eigenfunction of the operator d2 /dx2 is sin nx, where n =1, 2, 3,... . Find the corresponding
    eigen values.
    7. The wave function of a particle is ψ = Ae−bx for x > 0 and ψ = Aebx for x < 0. Find the
    corresponding potential energy and energy eigen value.
    8. A linear combination of two wave functions for a system is also a valid wave function. Find
    the normalization constant B for the combination
    πx 2πx
    ψ = B(sin + sin )
    L L
    of the wave functions for the n=1 and n=2 states of a particle in a box L wide.
    9. The lowest energy of an electron in an infinite potential well is 5.6 eV.
    a) Find the three smallest possible values allowed for the energy of the electron. b) What are
    three longest wavelengths of the de Broglie waves that describes the electron that is confined
    in the well.
    c) If the width of the well is halved, what is the new value of the lowest energy.

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    Statistical and Quantum Physics Autumn Semester 2024–25 PH1005

    10. Consider a one-dimensional box extends from x = x0 to x = x0 + L, where x0 6= 0. Would


    the expression for the wave function of a particle in this box be any different from those in
    the box that extends from x = 0 to x = L? Would the energy levels be different?

    11. A particle is in a cubic box with infinitely hard walls whose edges are L long. The wave
    functions of the particle are given by,
    nx πx ny πy nz πz
    ψ(x, y, z) = Asin sin sin ,
    L L L
    where nx = 1, 2, ..., ny = 1, 2, ... and nz = 1, 2, .... Find the value of normalization constant
    A.

    12. (a) Find the possible energies of the particle in a cubic box as given in question no. 8 by
    substituting its wave function in the Schrodinger equation and solving for E.

    (b) Compare the ground-state energy of a particle in a one-dimensional box of length L


    with that of a particle in the three dimensional box.

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