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Quantum Mechanics Fall 2003-Homework Set 2: Additional Problems

1) The document contains homework problems on quantum mechanics including problems on the Hamiltonian of a particle in a potential well, time evolution of states in a 3 state system, uncertainty relations, and projection operators. 2) It assigns several textbook problems from Griffiths and Cohen-Tannoudji to work through related to these concepts. 3) Problem CT 2.3 involves defining and manipulating kets in a 3D state space including normalizing kets, writing projection operators, and using them to project one ket onto another.

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Quantum Mechanics Fall 2003-Homework Set 2: Additional Problems

1) The document contains homework problems on quantum mechanics including problems on the Hamiltonian of a particle in a potential well, time evolution of states in a 3 state system, uncertainty relations, and projection operators. 2) It assigns several textbook problems from Griffiths and Cohen-Tannoudji to work through related to these concepts. 3) Problem CT 2.3 involves defining and manipulating kets in a 3D state space including normalizing kets, writing projection operators, and using them to project one ket onto another.

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Quantum Mechanics Fall 2003- Homework Set 2

Due Weds Sept 17, 2003 at 5:00pm

Additional Problems
Problem A1 Consider a particle of mass m moving in a one dimensional po-
tential V = 12 kx2 .
(a) Write the Classical Hamiltonian of the system, then the quantum
mechanical Hamiltonian.
(b) Calculate the time rate of change of the average position < X > and
the average momentum < P >.
(c) Write the uncertainty relation for the momentum and energy.
(d) Solve the two equations in (b) for the average trajectory of the par-
ticle.
Problem A2 Consider a 3 state system spanned by the vectors fj1 >; j2 >
; j3 >g. The hamiltonian of the system (in this basis is),
0 1
3 0 0
H^ = h! @ 0 3 0 A
0 0 5
The system is in state j (0) >= 12 j1 > + p12 j2 > + 12 j3 > at time t = 0.
(a) Is the Hamiltonian Hermitian?
(b) If the energy of the system is measured what are the possible outcomes
for this state vector and with probabilities?
(c) Calculate j (t) >.
Now consider the observables.
0 1
0 1 0
A^ = a @ 1 0 0 A
0 0 3
0 1
2 0 0
B^ = b @ 0 0 1 A
0 1 0
(d) Which of the following sets of operators are complete sets of commut-
ing observables? fH g, fAg, fA; B g, fA; H g, or fH; B g. Justify.
(e) Calculate the expectation value of B as a function of time.
(f) For j (0) >, what outcomes of a measurement of B are possible and
with what probabilities?

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Problem A3 Consider the system in the previous problem.
(a) Calculate an uncertainty relation for H^ and B^ .
(b) Using Ehrenfest's Thm (generalized) calculate the time rate of change
of < B^ >.
Grith Problems
 3.4
 3.9
 3.10
 3.22
 3.23
 3.39
 3.58
Cohen-Tannoudji Problems - in HII
Problem CT 2.3 The state space of a certain physical system is three dimensional with
orthonormal basis vectors ju1 >, ju2 >, and ju3 >. Let the kets j 0 > and
j 1 > be de ned as:
j 0 >= p1 ju1 > + 2i ju2 > + 12 ju3 >
2

j 1 >= p1 ju1 > + p1 ju3 >


3 3
(a) Are the kets normalized, if not normalize the kets.
(b) Write the operator representing the projector onto j 0 >.
(c) Project j 1 > onto j 0 >.
(d) Calculate the matrix representing the projector onto j 0 >
(e) Use the matrix to show you get the same result as in (c).

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