INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, KHARAGPUR

Date 21.02.2013 AN, Time: 2 Hrs, Full Marks: 30. Deptt Physics

Number of students: 69. Mid spring semester examination

Sub. No. PH 41010: Name: Quantum mechanics-11

4th Yr MSc, Instruction: Answer all questions

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1. (a) An electron of mass m in a 3D box with energy 3n fl /ma is subjected to a constant, weak electric
field along z. Compute the first order correction to the electron's energy. (5)

(b) The box is now made 2D and the perturbation is Axy, where A is constant, small compared to the
ground state energy of the electron. Find the first order corrections in energy to the ground state and
the first excited states. (5)

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2. (a) Find the lowest upper bound to the ground state energy of a particle in a potential ax starting

from a Gaussian trial w.f. .J¥ exp(-yi) where vis the variational parameter. (5)

(b) Use the same w.f. to find the lowest upper bound to ground state energy for a potential a Ix j. (5)

3. A particle of mass m starts out in the ground state of an infinite square well between [O,a]. Now a
wall is slowly erected slightly off-centre by a potential

V(x) =f(t)cS(x-a/2-E) where f(t) rises very slowly from 0 to infinity.

(a) Find and sketch the ground state at t=infinity (3)

(b) Show that the equation for the ground state is

z sin z =T{cos z- cos (zp)) where z=ka, T=maf(t)/fl 2 , p=2E/a and k~ /h. (7)

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