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Example 3.2
Find the kinetic energy of a proton whose de Broglie wavelength is = ∗ ,
which is roughly the proton diameter. ( = )
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Because the particle velocity u must be less than the velocity of light c, the de Broglie waves always
travel faster than light!
In order to understand this unexpected result, we must look into the distinction between phase velocity
and group velocity.
Phase velocity is what we have been calling wave velocity.
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We find that: = + = [ +∆ − +∆ ] (∆ −∆ )]
Since Δω and Δk are small compared with ω and k respectively:
+∆ ≈ +∆ ≈
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: = = = ( . )
λ
−
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:
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= − = −( ) = . ,
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From a wave point of view, a particle trapped in a box is like a standing wave in a string stretched
between the box‘s walls.
In both cases the wave variable (transverse displacement for the string, wave function ψ for the
moving particle) must be 0 at the walls, since the waves stop there.
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Each permitted energy is called an energy level, and the integer that specifies an energy level
is called its quantum number.
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Uncertainty Principle I
We cannot know the future because we cannot know the present
The uncertainty principle that was discovered by Werner Heisenberg in 1927, says
“It is impossible to know both the exact position and exact momentum of an object at the same time”
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Figure 3.12 (a) A narrow de Broglie wave group (b) A wide wave group.
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Nevertheless, we may still find the particle anywhere that is not actually 0.
The narrower its wave group, the more precisely a particle‘s position can be specified (Fig. 3.12a).
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since ∗ ≥ → ≥ , ℎ : ∆ ≥
(3.22)
This equation states that the product of the uncertainty Δx in the position of an object at some instant
and the uncertainty Δp in its momentum component in the x direction at the same instant is equal to or
greater than .
a
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= = . ∗ .
Interms of
Uncertainity principle becomes: ∆ ≥ ( . )
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Hence: ∆ ≈λ (3.24)
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A more precise calculation based on the nature of wave groups changes this result to
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If this is the uncertainty in a nuclear electron‘s momentum, the momentum itself must be at
least comparable in magnitude.
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An electron whose momentum is of this order of magnitude behaves like a classical particle, and its
. ∗ .
kinetic energy is: = ≥ ≥ . ∗ = .
∗ . ∗
The kinetic energy of an electron in the lowest energy level of a hydrogen atom is actually 13.6 eV.
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