{"id":242,"date":"2019-04-09T01:47:59","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T05:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/bcitphys8400\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=242"},"modified":"2019-04-16T12:52:12","modified_gmt":"2019-04-16T16:52:12","slug":"chapter-3-answer-key","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/bcitphys8400\/chapter\/chapter-3-answer-key\/","title":{"raw":"Chapter 3 Answer Key","rendered":"Chapter 3 Answer Key"},"content":{"raw":"<h2 class=\"os-title\">Chapter 3<\/h2>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-area\">\r\n<h3><span class=\"os-title-label\">Check Your Understanding<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902053185-solution\">\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/bcitphys8400\/chapter\/3-1-wave-functions\/\">3.1<\/a>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n\r\n<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1441-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>(3+4i)(3\u22124i)=9\u221216i2=25<\/span><\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170904134843-solution\">\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/bcitphys8400\/chapter\/3-1-wave-functions\/\">3.2<\/a>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n\r\n<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1442-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>A=2\/L<\/span><\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902283435-solution\">\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/bcitphys8400\/chapter\/3-1-wave-functions\/\">3.3<\/a>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n\r\n<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1443-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>(1\/2\u22121\/\u03c0)\/2=9%<\/span><\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902741542-solution\">\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/bcitphys8400\/chapter\/3-2-the-heisenberg-uncertainty-principle\/\">3.4<\/a>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n\r\n<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1444-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>4.1\u00d710\u22128eV<\/span><\/span><\/span>;<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1445-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>1.1\u00d710\u22125nm<\/span><\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902220108-solution\">\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/bcitphys8400\/chapter\/3-3-the-schr%d3%a7dinger-equation\/\">3.5<\/a>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n\r\n<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1446-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>0.5m\u03c92x2\u03c8(x)*\u03c8(x)<\/span><\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902214402-solution\">\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/bcitphys8400\/chapter\/3-3-the-schr%d3%a7dinger-equation\/\">3.6<\/a>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n\r\n<span>\u00a0<\/span>None. The first function has a discontinuity; the second function is double-valued; and the third function diverges so is not normalizable.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170901785761-solution\">\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/bcitphys8400\/chapter\/3-4-the-quantum-particle-in-a-box\/\">3.7<\/a>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n\r\n<span>\u00a0<\/span>a. 9.1%; b. 25%\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902659909-solution\">\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/bcitphys8400\/chapter\/3-5-the-quantum-harmonic-oscillator\/\">3.8<\/a>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n\r\n<span>\u00a0<\/span>a. 295 N\/m; b. 0.277 eV\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902634008-solution\">\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/bcitphys8400\/chapter\/3-5-the-quantum-harmonic-oscillator\/\">3.9<\/a>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n\r\n<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1447-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>\u2329x\u232a=0<\/span><\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170901698437-solution\">\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/bcitphys8400\/chapter\/3-6-the-quantum-tunneling-of-particles-through-potential-barriers\/\">3.10<\/a>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n\r\n<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1448-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>Lproton\/Lelectron=me\/mp=2.3%<\/span><\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-area\">\r\n<h3><span class=\"os-title-label\">Conceptual Questions<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170904055181-solution\">\r\n\r\n1<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n<p id=\"fs-id1170904221634\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1449-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>1\/L,<\/span><\/span><\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>where<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1450-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>L=length<\/span><\/span><\/span>; 1\/<em data-effect=\"italics\">L<\/em>, where<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1451-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>L=length<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902187532-solution\">\r\n\r\n3<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n<p id=\"fs-id1170902336027\">The wave function does not correspond directly to any measured quantity. It is a tool for predicting the values of physical quantities.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902130716-solution\">\r\n\r\n5<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n<p id=\"fs-id1170904097739\">The average value of the physical quantity for a large number of particles with the same wave function.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902924266-solution\">\r\n\r\n7<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n<p id=\"fs-id1170903051510\">Yes, if its position is completely unknown. Yes, if its momentum is completely unknown.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902936328-solution\">\r\n\r\n9<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n<p id=\"fs-id1170902685163\">No. According to the uncertainty principle, if the uncertainty on the particle\u2019s position is small, the uncertainty on its momentum is large. Similarly, if the uncertainty on the particle\u2019s position is large, the uncertainty on its momentum is small.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170903809330-solution\">\r\n\r\n11<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n<p id=\"fs-id1170902350869\">No, it means that predictions about the particle (expressed in terms of probabilities) are time-independent.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902363597-solution\">\r\n\r\n13<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n<p id=\"fs-id1170904173360\">No, because the probability of the particle existing in a narrow (infinitesimally small) interval at the discontinuity is undefined.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902682246-solution\">\r\n\r\n15<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n<p id=\"fs-id1170901603987\">No. For an infinite square well, the spacing between energy levels increases with the quantum number<span>\u00a0<\/span><em data-effect=\"italics\">n<\/em>. The<span>\u00a0<\/span><em data-effect=\"italics\">smallest<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>energy measured corresponds to the transition from<span>\u00a0<\/span><em data-effect=\"italics\">n<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>= 2 to 1, which is three times the ground state energy. The largest<span>\u00a0<\/span><em data-effect=\"italics\">energy<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>measured corresponds to a transition from<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1452-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>n=\u221e<\/span><\/span><\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>to 1, which is infinity. (Note: Even particles with extremely large energies remain bound to an infinite square well\u2014they can never \u201cescape\u201d)<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902865383-solution\">\r\n\r\n17<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n<p id=\"fs-id1170902647267\">No. This energy corresponds to<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1453-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>n=0.25<\/span><\/span><\/span>, but<span>\u00a0<\/span><em data-effect=\"italics\">n<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>must be an integer.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170901711722-solution\">\r\n\r\n19<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n<p id=\"fs-id1170901605954\">Because the smallest allowed value of the quantum number<span>\u00a0<\/span><em data-effect=\"italics\">n<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>for a simple harmonic oscillator is 0. No, because quantum mechanics and classical mechanics agree only in the limit of large<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1454-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>n<\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170903037648-solution\">\r\n\r\n21<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n<p id=\"fs-id1170902957393\">Yes, within the constraints of the uncertainty principle. If the oscillating particle is localized, the momentum and therefore energy of the oscillator are distributed.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170901927200-solution\">\r\n\r\n23<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n<p id=\"fs-id1170901551494\">doubling the barrier width<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170901978558-solution\">\r\n\r\n25<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n<p id=\"fs-id1170899457385\">No, the restoring force on the particle at the walls of an infinite square well is infinity.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-area\">\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/bcitphys8400\/chapter\/chapter-3-review\/\"><span class=\"os-title-label\">Problems<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902155049-solution\">\r\n\r\n27<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n<p id=\"fs-id1170902300028\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1455-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>|\u03c8(x)|2sin2\u03c9t<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170903835848-solution\">\r\n\r\n29<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n<p id=\"fs-id1170903932884\">(a) and (e), can be normalized<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902125693-solution\">\r\n\r\n31<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n<p id=\"fs-id1170904154635\">a.<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1456-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>A=2\u03b1\/\u03c0<\/span><\/span><\/span>; b.<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1457-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>probability=29.3%<\/span><\/span><\/span>; c.<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1458-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>\u2329x\u232a=0<\/span><\/span><\/span>; d.<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1459-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>\u2329p\u232a=0<\/span><\/span><\/span>; e.<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1460-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>\u2329K\u232a=\u03b12\u210f2\/2m<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170903080757-solution\">\r\n\r\n33<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n<p id=\"fs-id1170903116922\">a.<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1461-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>\u0394p\u22652.11\u00d710\u221234N\u00b7s<\/span><\/span><\/span>; b.<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1462-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>\u0394v\u22656.31\u00d710\u22128m<\/span><\/span><\/span>; c.<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1463-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>\u0394v\/kBT\/m\u03b1=5.94\u00d710\u221211<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902689383-solution\">\r\n\r\n35<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n<p id=\"fs-id1170903079703\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1464-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>\u0394\u03c4\u22651.6\u00d710\u221225s<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902901895-solution\">\r\n\r\n37<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n<p id=\"fs-id1170902924394\">a.<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1465-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>\u0394f\u22651.59MHz<\/span><\/span><\/span>; b.<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1466-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>\u0394\u03c9\/\u03c90=3.135\u00d710\u22129<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902160480-solution\">\r\n\r\n39<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n<p id=\"fs-id1170902183310\">Carrying out the derivatives yields<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1467-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>k2=\u03c92c2.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170904150582-solution\">\r\n\r\n41<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n<p id=\"fs-id1170903831386\">Carrying out the derivatives (as above) for the sine function gives a cosine on the right side the equation, so the equality fails. The same occurs for the cosine solution.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902354437-solution\">\r\n\r\n43<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n<p id=\"fs-id1170902267094\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1468-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>E=\u210f2k2\/2m<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170903896742-solution\">\r\n\r\n45<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n<p id=\"fs-id1170903762952\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1469-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>\u210f2k2<\/span><\/span><\/span>; The particle has definite momentum and therefore definite momentum squared.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170903098142-solution\">\r\n\r\n47<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n<p id=\"fs-id1170901576842\">9.4 eV, 64%<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902875598-solution\">\r\n\r\n49<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n<p id=\"fs-id1170902686656\">0.38 nm<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902681555-solution\">\r\n\r\n51<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n<p id=\"fs-id1170901504158\">1.82 MeV<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170901582487-solution\">\r\n\r\n53<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n<p id=\"fs-id1170902733654\">24.7 nm<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902008397-solution\">\r\n\r\n55<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n<p id=\"fs-id1170903079898\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1470-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>6.03\u00c5<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170903079971-solution\">\r\n\r\n57<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n<p id=\"fs-id1170901918015\">a.<span data-type=\"newline\">\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<span data-alt=\"The wave functions for the n=1 through n=5 states of the electron in an infinite square well are shown. Each function is displaced vertically by its energy, measured in m e V. The n=1 state is the first half wave of the sine function. The n=2 function is the first full wave of the sine function. The n=3 function is the first one and a half waves of the sine function. The n=4 function is the first two waves of the sine function. The n=5 function is the first two and a half waves of the sine function.\" data-type=\"media\" id=\"fs-id1170902941104\"><img alt=\"The wave functions for the n=1 through n=5 states of the electron in an infinite square well are shown. Each function is displaced vertically by its energy, measured in m e V. The n=1 state is the first half wave of the sine function. The n=2 function is the first full wave of the sine function. The n=3 function is the first one and a half waves of the sine function. The n=4 function is the first two waves of the sine function. The n=5 function is the first two and a half waves of the sine function.\" data-media-type=\"image\/jpeg\" id=\"86539\" src=\"https:\/\/cnx.org\/resources\/e3835e2a90aac9050c554a17647e5662c9293be8\" \/><\/span>\r\n<p id=\"62424\">;<span data-type=\"newline\">\r\n<\/span>b.<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1471-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>\u03bb5\u21923=12.9nm,\u03bb3\u21921=25.8nm,\u03bb4\u21923=29.4nm<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170901523359-solution\">\r\n\r\n59<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n<p id=\"fs-id1170902871755\">proof<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902749331-solution\">\r\n\r\n61<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n<p id=\"fs-id1170901603056\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1472-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>6.662\u00d71014Hz<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902723619-solution\">\r\n\r\n63<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n<p id=\"fs-id1170902655231\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1473-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>n\u22482.037\u00d71030<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170901597571-solution\">\r\n\r\n65<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n<p id=\"fs-id1170901635311\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1474-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>\u2329x\u232a=0.5m\u03c92\u2329x2\u232a=\u210f\u03c9\/4<\/span><\/span><\/span>;<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1475-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>\u2329K\u232a=\u2329E\u232a\u2212\u2329U\u232a=\u210f\u03c9\/4<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902759714-solution\">\r\n\r\n67<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n<p id=\"fs-id1170902769484\">proof<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902887067-solution\">\r\n\r\n69<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n<p id=\"fs-id1170901702222\">A complex function of the form,<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1476-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>Aei\u03d5<\/span><\/span><\/span>, satisfies Schr\u04e7dinger\u2019s time-independent equation. The operators for kinetic and total energy are linear, so any linear combination of such wave functions is also a valid solution to Schr\u04e7dinger\u2019s equation. Therefore, we conclude that<span>\u00a0<\/span>Equation 3.68<span>\u00a0<\/span>satisfies<span>\u00a0<\/span>Equation 3.61, and<span>\u00a0<\/span>Equation 7.69<span>\u00a0<\/span>satisfies<span>\u00a0<\/span>Equation 3.63.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170901607357-solution\">\r\n\r\n71<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n<p id=\"fs-id1170901607370\">a. 4.21%; b. 0.84%; c. 0.06%<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170901482977-solution\">\r\n\r\n73<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n<p id=\"fs-id1170901482990\">a. 0.13%; b. close to 0%<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170899457715-solution\">\r\n\r\n75<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n<p id=\"fs-id1170899457732\">0.38 nm<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-area\">\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/bcitphys8400\/chapter\/chapter-3-review\/\"><span class=\"os-title-label\">Additional Problems<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170901862271-solution\">\r\n\r\n77<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n<p id=\"fs-id1170901479581\">proof<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170901670548-solution\">\r\n\r\n79<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n<p id=\"fs-id1170903118069\">a. 4.0 %; b. 1.4 %; c. 4.0%; d. 1.4%<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170901531235-solution\">\r\n\r\n81<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n<p id=\"fs-id1170902033861\">a.<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1477-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>t=mL2\/h=2.15\u00d71026years<\/span><\/span><\/span>; b.<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1478-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>E1=1.46\u00d710\u221266J,K=0.4J<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170901692786-solution\">\r\n\r\n83<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n<p id=\"fs-id1170902748701\">proof<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170901670243-solution\">\r\n\r\n85<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n<p id=\"fs-id1170902914756\">1.2 N\/m<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170901782887-solution\">\r\n\r\n87<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n<p id=\"fs-id1170901782900\">0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-area\">\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/bcitphys8400\/chapter\/chapter-3-review\/\"><span class=\"os-title-label\">Challenge Problems<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170901975109-solution\">\r\n\r\n89<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n<p id=\"fs-id1170901975123\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1479-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>19.2\u00b5m;11.5\u00b5m<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170903106684-solution\">\r\n\r\n91<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n<p id=\"fs-id1170901941912\">3.92%<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170901871042-solution\">\r\n\r\n93<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\r\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\r\n<p id=\"fs-id1170902864332\">proof<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class=\"textbox\"><em>Download for free at http:\/\/cnx.org\/contents\/af275420-6050-4707-995c-57b9cc13c358@11.1<\/em><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<h2 class=\"os-title\">Chapter 3<\/h2>\n<div class=\"os-solution-area\">\n<h3><span class=\"os-title-label\">Check Your Understanding<\/span><\/h3>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902053185-solution\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/bcitphys8400\/chapter\/3-1-wave-functions\/\">3.1<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p><span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1441-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>(3+4i)(3\u22124i)=9\u221216i2=25<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170904134843-solution\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/bcitphys8400\/chapter\/3-1-wave-functions\/\">3.2<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p><span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1442-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>A=2\/L<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902283435-solution\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/bcitphys8400\/chapter\/3-1-wave-functions\/\">3.3<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p><span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1443-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>(1\/2\u22121\/\u03c0)\/2=9%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902741542-solution\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/bcitphys8400\/chapter\/3-2-the-heisenberg-uncertainty-principle\/\">3.4<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p><span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1444-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>4.1\u00d710\u22128eV<\/span><\/span><\/span>;<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1445-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>1.1\u00d710\u22125nm<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902220108-solution\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/bcitphys8400\/chapter\/3-3-the-schr%d3%a7dinger-equation\/\">3.5<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p><span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1446-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>0.5m\u03c92&#215;2\u03c8(x)*\u03c8(x)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902214402-solution\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/bcitphys8400\/chapter\/3-3-the-schr%d3%a7dinger-equation\/\">3.6<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p><span>\u00a0<\/span>None. The first function has a discontinuity; the second function is double-valued; and the third function diverges so is not normalizable.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170901785761-solution\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/bcitphys8400\/chapter\/3-4-the-quantum-particle-in-a-box\/\">3.7<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p><span>\u00a0<\/span>a. 9.1%; b. 25%<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902659909-solution\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/bcitphys8400\/chapter\/3-5-the-quantum-harmonic-oscillator\/\">3.8<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p><span>\u00a0<\/span>a. 295 N\/m; b. 0.277 eV<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902634008-solution\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/bcitphys8400\/chapter\/3-5-the-quantum-harmonic-oscillator\/\">3.9<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p><span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1447-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>\u2329x\u232a=0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170901698437-solution\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/bcitphys8400\/chapter\/3-6-the-quantum-tunneling-of-particles-through-potential-barriers\/\">3.10<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p><span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1448-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>Lproton\/Lelectron=me\/mp=2.3%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"os-solution-area\">\n<h3><span class=\"os-title-label\">Conceptual Questions<\/span><\/h3>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170904055181-solution\">\n<p>1<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p id=\"fs-id1170904221634\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1449-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>1\/L,<\/span><\/span><\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>where<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1450-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>L=length<\/span><\/span><\/span>; 1\/<em data-effect=\"italics\">L<\/em>, where<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1451-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>L=length<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902187532-solution\">\n<p>3<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p id=\"fs-id1170902336027\">The wave function does not correspond directly to any measured quantity. It is a tool for predicting the values of physical quantities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902130716-solution\">\n<p>5<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p id=\"fs-id1170904097739\">The average value of the physical quantity for a large number of particles with the same wave function.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902924266-solution\">\n<p>7<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p id=\"fs-id1170903051510\">Yes, if its position is completely unknown. Yes, if its momentum is completely unknown.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902936328-solution\">\n<p>9<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p id=\"fs-id1170902685163\">No. According to the uncertainty principle, if the uncertainty on the particle\u2019s position is small, the uncertainty on its momentum is large. Similarly, if the uncertainty on the particle\u2019s position is large, the uncertainty on its momentum is small.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170903809330-solution\">\n<p>11<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p id=\"fs-id1170902350869\">No, it means that predictions about the particle (expressed in terms of probabilities) are time-independent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902363597-solution\">\n<p>13<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p id=\"fs-id1170904173360\">No, because the probability of the particle existing in a narrow (infinitesimally small) interval at the discontinuity is undefined.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902682246-solution\">\n<p>15<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p id=\"fs-id1170901603987\">No. For an infinite square well, the spacing between energy levels increases with the quantum number<span>\u00a0<\/span><em data-effect=\"italics\">n<\/em>. The<span>\u00a0<\/span><em data-effect=\"italics\">smallest<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>energy measured corresponds to the transition from<span>\u00a0<\/span><em data-effect=\"italics\">n<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>= 2 to 1, which is three times the ground state energy. The largest<span>\u00a0<\/span><em data-effect=\"italics\">energy<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>measured corresponds to a transition from<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1452-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>n=\u221e<\/span><\/span><\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>to 1, which is infinity. (Note: Even particles with extremely large energies remain bound to an infinite square well\u2014they can never \u201cescape\u201d)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902865383-solution\">\n<p>17<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p id=\"fs-id1170902647267\">No. This energy corresponds to<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1453-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>n=0.25<\/span><\/span><\/span>, but<span>\u00a0<\/span><em data-effect=\"italics\">n<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>must be an integer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170901711722-solution\">\n<p>19<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p id=\"fs-id1170901605954\">Because the smallest allowed value of the quantum number<span>\u00a0<\/span><em data-effect=\"italics\">n<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>for a simple harmonic oscillator is 0. No, because quantum mechanics and classical mechanics agree only in the limit of large<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1454-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>n<\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170903037648-solution\">\n<p>21<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p id=\"fs-id1170902957393\">Yes, within the constraints of the uncertainty principle. If the oscillating particle is localized, the momentum and therefore energy of the oscillator are distributed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170901927200-solution\">\n<p>23<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p id=\"fs-id1170901551494\">doubling the barrier width<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170901978558-solution\">\n<p>25<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p id=\"fs-id1170899457385\">No, the restoring force on the particle at the walls of an infinite square well is infinity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"os-solution-area\">\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/bcitphys8400\/chapter\/chapter-3-review\/\"><span class=\"os-title-label\">Problems<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902155049-solution\">\n<p>27<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p id=\"fs-id1170902300028\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1455-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>|\u03c8(x)|2sin2\u03c9t<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170903835848-solution\">\n<p>29<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p id=\"fs-id1170903932884\">(a) and (e), can be normalized<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902125693-solution\">\n<p>31<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p id=\"fs-id1170904154635\">a.<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1456-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>A=2\u03b1\/\u03c0<\/span><\/span><\/span>; b.<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1457-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>probability=29.3%<\/span><\/span><\/span>; c.<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1458-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>\u2329x\u232a=0<\/span><\/span><\/span>; d.<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1459-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>\u2329p\u232a=0<\/span><\/span><\/span>; e.<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1460-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>\u2329K\u232a=\u03b12\u210f2\/2m<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170903080757-solution\">\n<p>33<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p id=\"fs-id1170903116922\">a.<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1461-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>\u0394p\u22652.11\u00d710\u221234N\u00b7s<\/span><\/span><\/span>; b.<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1462-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>\u0394v\u22656.31\u00d710\u22128m<\/span><\/span><\/span>; c.<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1463-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>\u0394v\/kBT\/m\u03b1=5.94\u00d710\u221211<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902689383-solution\">\n<p>35<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p id=\"fs-id1170903079703\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1464-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>\u0394\u03c4\u22651.6\u00d710\u221225s<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902901895-solution\">\n<p>37<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p id=\"fs-id1170902924394\">a.<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1465-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>\u0394f\u22651.59MHz<\/span><\/span><\/span>; b.<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1466-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>\u0394\u03c9\/\u03c90=3.135\u00d710\u22129<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902160480-solution\">\n<p>39<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p id=\"fs-id1170902183310\">Carrying out the derivatives yields<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1467-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>k2=\u03c92c2.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170904150582-solution\">\n<p>41<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p id=\"fs-id1170903831386\">Carrying out the derivatives (as above) for the sine function gives a cosine on the right side the equation, so the equality fails. The same occurs for the cosine solution.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902354437-solution\">\n<p>43<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p id=\"fs-id1170902267094\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1468-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>E=\u210f2k2\/2m<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170903896742-solution\">\n<p>45<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p id=\"fs-id1170903762952\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1469-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>\u210f2k2<\/span><\/span><\/span>; The particle has definite momentum and therefore definite momentum squared.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170903098142-solution\">\n<p>47<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p id=\"fs-id1170901576842\">9.4 eV, 64%<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902875598-solution\">\n<p>49<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p id=\"fs-id1170902686656\">0.38 nm<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902681555-solution\">\n<p>51<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p id=\"fs-id1170901504158\">1.82 MeV<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170901582487-solution\">\n<p>53<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p id=\"fs-id1170902733654\">24.7 nm<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902008397-solution\">\n<p>55<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p id=\"fs-id1170903079898\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1470-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>6.03\u00c5<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170903079971-solution\">\n<p>57<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p id=\"fs-id1170901918015\">a.<span data-type=\"newline\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-alt=\"The wave functions for the n=1 through n=5 states of the electron in an infinite square well are shown. Each function is displaced vertically by its energy, measured in m e V. The n=1 state is the first half wave of the sine function. The n=2 function is the first full wave of the sine function. The n=3 function is the first one and a half waves of the sine function. The n=4 function is the first two waves of the sine function. The n=5 function is the first two and a half waves of the sine function.\" data-type=\"media\" id=\"fs-id1170902941104\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The wave functions for the n=1 through n=5 states of the electron in an infinite square well are shown. Each function is displaced vertically by its energy, measured in m e V. The n=1 state is the first half wave of the sine function. The n=2 function is the first full wave of the sine function. The n=3 function is the first one and a half waves of the sine function. The n=4 function is the first two waves of the sine function. The n=5 function is the first two and a half waves of the sine function.\" data-media-type=\"image\/jpeg\" id=\"86539\" src=\"https:\/\/cnx.org\/resources\/e3835e2a90aac9050c554a17647e5662c9293be8\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"62424\">;<span data-type=\"newline\"><br \/>\n<\/span>b.<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1471-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>\u03bb5\u21923=12.9nm,\u03bb3\u21921=25.8nm,\u03bb4\u21923=29.4nm<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170901523359-solution\">\n<p>59<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p id=\"fs-id1170902871755\">proof<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902749331-solution\">\n<p>61<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p id=\"fs-id1170901603056\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1472-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>6.662\u00d71014Hz<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902723619-solution\">\n<p>63<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p id=\"fs-id1170902655231\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1473-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>n\u22482.037\u00d71030<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170901597571-solution\">\n<p>65<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p id=\"fs-id1170901635311\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1474-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>\u2329x\u232a=0.5m\u03c92\u2329x2\u232a=\u210f\u03c9\/4<\/span><\/span><\/span>;<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1475-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>\u2329K\u232a=\u2329E\u232a\u2212\u2329U\u232a=\u210f\u03c9\/4<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902759714-solution\">\n<p>67<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p id=\"fs-id1170902769484\">proof<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170902887067-solution\">\n<p>69<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p id=\"fs-id1170901702222\">A complex function of the form,<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1476-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>Aei\u03d5<\/span><\/span><\/span>, satisfies Schr\u04e7dinger\u2019s time-independent equation. The operators for kinetic and total energy are linear, so any linear combination of such wave functions is also a valid solution to Schr\u04e7dinger\u2019s equation. Therefore, we conclude that<span>\u00a0<\/span>Equation 3.68<span>\u00a0<\/span>satisfies<span>\u00a0<\/span>Equation 3.61, and<span>\u00a0<\/span>Equation 7.69<span>\u00a0<\/span>satisfies<span>\u00a0<\/span>Equation 3.63.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170901607357-solution\">\n<p>71<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p id=\"fs-id1170901607370\">a. 4.21%; b. 0.84%; c. 0.06%<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170901482977-solution\">\n<p>73<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p id=\"fs-id1170901482990\">a. 0.13%; b. close to 0%<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170899457715-solution\">\n<p>75<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p id=\"fs-id1170899457732\">0.38 nm<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"os-solution-area\">\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/bcitphys8400\/chapter\/chapter-3-review\/\"><span class=\"os-title-label\">Additional Problems<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170901862271-solution\">\n<p>77<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p id=\"fs-id1170901479581\">proof<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170901670548-solution\">\n<p>79<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p id=\"fs-id1170903118069\">a. 4.0 %; b. 1.4 %; c. 4.0%; d. 1.4%<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170901531235-solution\">\n<p>81<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p id=\"fs-id1170902033861\">a.<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1477-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>t=mL2\/h=2.15\u00d71026years<\/span><\/span><\/span>; b.<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1478-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>E1=1.46\u00d710\u221266J,K=0.4J<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170901692786-solution\">\n<p>83<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p id=\"fs-id1170902748701\">proof<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170901670243-solution\">\n<p>85<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p id=\"fs-id1170902914756\">1.2 N\/m<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170901782887-solution\">\n<p>87<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p id=\"fs-id1170901782900\">0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"os-solution-area\">\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/bcitphys8400\/chapter\/chapter-3-review\/\"><span class=\"os-title-label\">Challenge Problems<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170901975109-solution\">\n<p>89<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p id=\"fs-id1170901975123\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathML\" id=\"MathJax-Element-1479-Frame\"><span class=\"MathJax_MathContainer\"><span>19.2\u00b5m;11.5\u00b5m<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170903106684-solution\">\n<p>91<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p id=\"fs-id1170901941912\">3.92%<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1170901871042-solution\">\n<p>93<span class=\"os-divider\">.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"os-solution-container\">\n<p id=\"fs-id1170902864332\">proof<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox\"><em>Download for free at http:\/\/cnx.org\/contents\/af275420-6050-4707-995c-57b9cc13c358@11.1<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":615,"menu_order":9,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"3. 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