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Chapter 2

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2.1

Sketch

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2.2

Sketch

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2.3

Sketch

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2.4

From Problem 2.2, phase

= constant

Then

From Problem 2.3, phase

= constant

Then

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2.5

Gold: eV J

So,

cm

or

m

Cesium: eV J

So,

cm

or

m

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2.6

(a)

kg-m/s

m/s

or cm/s

(b)

kg-m/s

m/s

or cm/s

(c) Yes

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2.7

(a)  (i)

kg-m/s

m

or

(ii)

kg-m/s

m

or

(iii)

kg-m/s

m

or

(b)

kg-m/s

m

or

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2.8

eV

Now

or

kg-m/s

Now

m

or

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2.9

Now

and

Set and

Then

which yields

J keV

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2.10

(a) 

kg-m/s

m/s

or cm/s

J

or eV

(b) 

J

or eV

kg-m/s

m

or

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2.11

(a) 

J

Now

VkV

(b)

kg-m/s

Then

m

or

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2.12

kg-m/s

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2.13

(a)  (i)

kg-m/s

(ii)

Now

kg-m/s

so

J

or eV

(b)  (i) kg-m/s

(ii)

kg-m/s

J

or eV

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2.14

kg-m/s

m/s

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2.15

(a) 

s

(b) 

kg-m/s

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2.16

(a)  If and are solutions to

Schrodinger's wave equation, then

and

Adding the two equations, we obtain

which is Schrodinger's wave equation. So

is also a solution.

(b)  If were a solution to

Schrodinger's wave equation, then we could write

which can be written as

Dividing by , we find

Since is a solution, then

Subtracting these last two equations, we have

Since is also a solution, we have

Subtracting these last two equations, we obtain

This equation is not necessarily valid, which

means that is, in general, not a solution

to Schrodinger's wave equation.

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2.17

so

or

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2.18

or

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2.19

Note that

Function has been normalized.

(a)  Now

or

which yields

(b)

or

which yields

(c)

which yields

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2.20

(a) 

or

(b) 

or

(c) 

or

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2.21

(a) 

or

(b) 

or

(c) 

or

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2.22

(a)  (i) m/s

or cm/s

m

or

(ii)

kg-m/s

J

or eV

(b)  (i) m/s

or cm/s

m

or

(ii) kg-m/s

eV

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2.23

(a) 

(b) 

so m/scm/s

For electron traveling in direction,

cm/s

kg-m/s

m

m

or rad/s

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2.24

(a) 

kg-m/s

m

m

rad/s

(b) 

kg-m/s

m

m

rad/s

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2.25

J

or

or eV

Then

eV

eV

eV

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2.26

(a)  J

or eV

Then

eV

eV

eV

(b) 

J

m

or nm

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2.27

(a) 

or

(b)  mJ

(c)  No

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2.28

For a neutron and :

J

or

eV

For an electron in the same potential well:

J

or

eV

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2.29

Schrodinger's time-independent wave

equation

We know that

for and

We have

for

so in this region

The solution is of the form

where

Boundary conditions:

at

First mode solution:

where

Second mode solution:

where

Third mode solution:

where

Fourth mode solution:

where

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2.30

The 3-D time-independent wave equation in

cartesian coordinates for is:

Use separation of variables, so let

Substituting into the wave equation, we

obtain

Dividing by and letting , we

find

(1) 

We may set

Solution is of the form

Boundary conditions:

and

where

Similarly, let

and

Applying the boundary conditions, we find

,

,

From Equation (1) above, we have

or

so that

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2.31

(a)

Solution is of the form:

We find

Substituting into the original equation, we find:

(1)

From the boundary conditions,

, where

So ,

Also , where

So ,

Substituting into Eq. (1) above

(b)Energy is quantized - similar to 1-D result.

There can be more than one quantum state

per given energy - different than 1-D result.

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2.32

(a)  Derivation of energy levels exactly the same as in the text

(b) 

For

Then

(i) For

J

or eV

(ii) For cm

J

or

eV

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2.33

(a)  For region II,

General form of the solution is

where

Term with represents incident wave and

term with represents reflected wave.

Region I,

General form of the solution is

where

Term involving represents the transmitted wave and the term involving represents reflected wave: but if a particle is transmitted into region I, it will not be reflected so that .

Then

(b)

Boundary conditions:

(1) 

(2) 

Applying the boundary conditions to the solutions, we find

Combining these two equations, we find

The reflection coefficient is

The transmission coefficient is

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2.34

where

m

(a)  For m

(b)  For m

(c)  For m

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2.35

where

or m

(a)  For m

(b)  For m

(c)  , where is the density of

transmitted electrons.

eVJ

m/scm/s

electrons/cm

Density of incident electrons,

cm

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2.36

(a)  For

or

m

Then

or

(b)  For

=

or

m

Then

or

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2.37

where

m

(a)

(b)

or m

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2.38

Region I , ;

Region II ,

Region III ,

(a)  Region I:

(incident) (reflected)

where

Region II:

where

Region III:

(b)

In Region III, the term represents a

reflected wave. However, once a particle

is transmitted into Region III, there will

not be a reflected wave so that .

(c) Boundary conditions:

At :

At :

The transmission coefficient is defined as

so from the boundary conditions, we want

to solve for in terms of . Solving

for in terms of , we find

We then find

We have

If we assume that , then will

be large so that

We can then write

which becomes

Substituting the expressions for and

, we find

and

Then

Finally,

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2.39

Region I:

incident reflected

where

Region II:

transmitted reflected

where

Region III:

transmitted

where

There is no reflected wave in Region III.

The transmission coefficient is defined as:

From the boundary conditions, solve for

in terms of . The boundary conditions are:

At :

At :

But

Then, eliminating , , from the

boundary condition equations, we find

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2.40

(a)  Region I: Since , we can write

Region II: , so

Region III:

The general solutions can be written,

keeping in mind that must remain

finite for , as

where

and

(b) Boundary conditions

At :

At :

or

(c)

and since , then

From , we can write

or

This equation can be written as

or

This last equation is valid only for specific values of the total energy . The energy levels are quantized.

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2.41

(J)

(eV)

or

(eV)

eV

eV

eV

eV

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2.42

We have

and

or

To find the maximum probability

which gives

or is the radius that gives the greatest

probability.

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2.43

is independent of and , so the wave

equation in spherical coordinates reduces to

where

For

Then

so

We then obtain

Substituting into the wave equation, we have

where

Then the above equation becomes

or

which gives 0 = 0 and shows that is

indeed a solution to the wave equation.

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2.44

All elements are from the Group I column of

the periodic table. All have one valence

electron in the outer shell.

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