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SECONID SEMESTER B. Tech. (Engineering Physics)

MID SEMESTER EXAMINATION SEPTEMBER- 2023

EP 205: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM

MECHANICS
Time: 01.5S Hours Mux, Marks: 25
Note: ATTEMPTALLQUESTIONs.
ALL. QUESTIONS CARRY EQUAL, MARKS,
ANSUME SUITABLE MISNING DA'TA, IV ANY,

1. (a) A particle of mass m is projccted with initial velocity u at an angle a

with the horizontal. Use Lagrange's equations to describe the path of the
projectile. The resistance of the air may be neglected. [3) |CO1,3)
(b)Explain D'Alembert's principle. Derive Lagrange's equation of motion
for a holonomic conscrvative system. 12||COS]
2. (a) Prove that If cquations of transformation do not involve time, the
kinetic energy can be expressed as a homogenous quadratic function of
generalized velocities'. [3||CO2,4]
(b) Define Generalized momentum andCyclic coordinates. (2] |CO3]
3. (a) Consider a beam of particles of mass m that are sent from the left on a
potential barrier
0, x < 0,
V
() = Vo,0,0xSxsa
> 0

Explain the quantum tunneling effect using the reflection and transmission
coefficients. (3| |C04]
(b) Electrons of energy 2.0 eV are incident on a barrier 3.0 eV high and 0,4
nm wide. Calculate the Transmission Coefficient (T). (2] |CO1]
4. (a) Are the following sets of vectors (in 3D Euclidian space) linearly
independent or dependent? [2] |CO2,4|
a. A=(2,3, -1), B =(0, I, 2), C=(0, 0, -5)
b. Ä=(1,-2, 3), B=(-4, 1, 7), =(0, 10, 11)and D=(14, 3. -4).
 (b) Consider the states |W>=9i|41 >+2 l4, > and |z> = -l4, >
t l>, where two vectors | , > and | ; > form a complete and
orthonormal basis. Calculate |3||CO4|
a. (plx) and (xlp)
b. lp ><xland lx >< yl
S. (a) Show that the eigenvalues of Hermitian operators are always real and
for anti-Hermitian operators the eigenvalues are either purely imaginary or
zero. |21 |CO4]
(b) Evaluate the following commutation relation [3| |CO1]
a. [X, Px] where X and Px are the position and x component of the
momentum operator, respectively.
b. [Lx, Ly]where Lx and Ly are the xX and y component of the angular
momentum operator [L], respectively.
c. Prove Jacobi identity:
[A, (B. Cl + [B, (C, Aj] + [C, [A, BÊ] = 0
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