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Problem Set IV (QM) Submit by 1/9/14

This document contains 4 quantum mechanics problems involving: 1) Estimating the energy eigenvalue dependence on Planck's constant, mass, and potential strength for a power-law potential using scaling arguments. 2) Using variational methods with trial wavefunctions to estimate the ground state energy for the same power-law potential. 3) Using trigonometric trial wavefunctions to obtain bounds on the energy levels of the 1D harmonic oscillator and comparing to exact values. 4) Using the WKB approximation to obtain energy eigenvalues for the power-law potential and checking the dependencies and comparing to the exact solution when n=1.

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Problem Set IV (QM) Submit by 1/9/14

This document contains 4 quantum mechanics problems involving: 1) Estimating the energy eigenvalue dependence on Planck's constant, mass, and potential strength for a power-law potential using scaling arguments. 2) Using variational methods with trial wavefunctions to estimate the ground state energy for the same power-law potential. 3) Using trigonometric trial wavefunctions to obtain bounds on the energy levels of the 1D harmonic oscillator and comparing to exact values. 4) Using the WKB approximation to obtain energy eigenvalues for the power-law potential and checking the dependencies and comparing to the exact solution when n=1.

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Problem Set IV (QM) Submit by 1/9/14

1. Q1 (a) Using the scaling arguments (i.e. x > x etc), estimate how the exact energy eigenvalues
depend on h, m and g in the case of the power law potential V (x) = gx
2n
where n = 1, 2, 3....
(b) Estimate the rst order correction to the ground state energy using H
0
to be one dimensional
oscillator and H

= gx
2n
. Does it give correct h, m, g dependence?
Q2 Estimate the ground state energy for the same potential V (x) = gx
2n
using variational functions
(i) = Ae
bx
2
(ii) = Acos(x/2a) if a x a and is zero otherwise. Do these trial functions
give correct h, m, g dependence? Which of the trial function is better and why? If required, give
your answer as a function of n.
Q3 Use the trial functions
(x) = Acos(nx/a) , a/2 < x < a/2 , n = 1, 3, 5, ...
(x) = Asin(nx/a) , a/2 < x < a/2 , n = 2, 4, 6, ...
and (x) = 0 otherwise, to obtain bound on E
n
for both odd and even n in the case of 1-dimensional
harmonic oscillator and compare your answer with the known exact values. How does the accuracy
change as a function of n?
Q4. Obtain energy eigenvalues for the potential V (x) = gx
2n
using the WKB formula

x
2
x
1

2m[E V (x)] dx = (p +
1
2
) h
where p = 0, 1, 2, .... Does it give correct h, m, g dependence? For n = 1 compare your answer with
the known exact spectrum.
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