Spring 2022 Homework Assignments
Find the change in the energy of an electron in an infinite square well potential, due an applied electric field E. The electric field may be assumed to result in a perturbing potential of the form H1 = e E x. Find the correction to the energy of the n'th state to second order in peerturbation theory, in the form of a series.
Use the variational method to estimate the ground state energy of a quantum particle in the one dimensional potential V(x) = - Vo exp(-(x/xo)2) where Vo and xo are positive constants with appropriate units. Use your favorite trial wavefunction. Evaluate the numerical factor multiplying the term with the energy units, so that we can compare and see who gets the lowest energy!
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