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Q 19. Explain Eigen Functions and Eigen Values. Ans
Q 19. Explain Eigen Functions and Eigen Values. Ans
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Q 21. Write the postulates of Quantum Mechanics.
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Q.18/24. Explain the physical interpretation of wave function. Explain
what is meant by normalization of wave function.
OR
What is wave function and its normalization? Besides being
normalizable what are the other conditions a well-behaved wave
function should satisfy?
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Q. 26
Q. 22. What are fermions and bosons.
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Fermion –
A fermion is any particle that has an odd half-integer (like 1/2, 3/2,
and so forth) spin. Quarks and leptons, as well as most composite
particles, like protons and neutrons, are fermions.
For reasons we do not fully understand, a consequence of the odd
half-integer spin is that fermions obey the Pauli Exclusion Principle
and therefore cannot co-exist in the same state at same location at
the same time.
Boson –
Bosons are those particles which have an integer spin (0, 1, 2...).
All the force carrier particles are bosons, as are those composite
particles with an even number of fermion particles (like mesons).
For a “trapped” particle, the uncertainty in position cannot be larger than the size of the box,
and so the uncertainty in the particle’s momentum must be finite, and the particle cannot have
zero kinetic energy. If Dx = L, the uncertainty principle as given in states that
. The magnitude of the momentum of the particle in the lowest energy state for a
particle in a box of width L is, from
. Thus, p1 is
greater than the minimum value of Dp.