Introduction To Quantum Mechanics
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*Problem 1.3 Consider the gaussian distribution
p(x) = Ae¬^(x-a)²
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where A, a, and A are positive real constants. (Look up any integrals you need.)
(a) Use Equation 1.16 to determine A.
(b) Find (x), (x²), and ơ.
(c) Sketch the graph of p(x).
Problem 1.17 A particle is represented (at time=0) by the wave function
A(a²-x²). if-a ≤ x ≤+a.
0,
otherwise.
4(x, 0) = {
(a) Determine the normalization constant A.
(b) What is the expectation value of x (at time t = 0)?
(c) What is the expectation value of p (at time t = 0)? (Note that you cannot
get it from p = md(x)/dt. Why not?)
(d) Find the expectation value of x².
(e) Find the expectation value of p².
Problem 2.13 A particle in the harmonic oscillator potential starts out in the state
¥ (x. 0) = A[3¥o(x)+ 4¼1(x)].
(a) Find A.
(b) Construct ¥ (x, t) and |¥(x. t)P.
(c) Find (x) and (p). Don't get too excited if they oscillate at the classical
frequency; what would it have been had I specified ¥2(x), instead of Vi(x)?
Check that Ehrenfest's theorem (Equation 1.38) holds for this wave function.
(d) If you measured the energy of this particle, what values might you get, and
with what probabilities?
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Introduction To Quantum Mechanics
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