Department of Physics

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Kharagpur-721302, West Bengal, India

Subject No. PH20003 (PHYSICS-II) Session: FN/AN

Duration : 2 Hrs; Total Marks: 30 Date:
Mid-Autumn Semester Examination-2015
Useful Information: h̄ = 1.05 × 10−34 J-s; Rest mass, me = 9.11 × 10−31 kg;

§1. Consider a system which is initially described by a stationary state ψ(x, 0) = √1 [φ1 (x) + φ2 (x)]
. The
2
energy eigenvalue is zero for state one and ‘E’ for state two. Find the time after which the system
will be in the state ψ(x, t) = √12 [φ1 (x) − φ2 (x)] . [1 mark]

§2. A hydrogen atom undergoes two transitions (1) from n=3 to to n=2, and (2) from n=2 to the ground
E32
state. Find out the ratio of photon energies emitted in these transitions , E21
. [1 mark]

§3. A particle of mass ‘m’ is in the harmonic oscillator potential. The stationary state of the particle is
given by ψ(x, 0) = A[3φ0 (x) + 4 φ1 (x)]. Find the value of ‘A’ and calculate the expectation value of
energy of the particle. [2 marks]

§4. The probability to find an electron in the range x=0 to 3a/4 in an infinite square potential well of
width a is 75%. Find out the lowest quantum state of the electron. [2 marks]

§5. A particle of mass ‘m’ in an infinite square well, V (x) = 0 for 0 < x
< L, V (x) = ∞ otherwise, has
πx 2π x
the time independent wave-function ψ(x, 0) = A 2 sin L
+ sin L
[Marks: 1+1+2]
(a) Find the values of ‘A’.
(b) What is the probability associated with second energy state?
(c) Find the expectation value of Energy using operator and express in terms of lowest eigenstate.

h̄2 81 π 2
§6. A particle of mass ‘m’ is in a finite 1-d potential well of width ‘a’, and depth V = ( )
having
2 m 4 a
19
energy E = 81
V . Write down the time independent solution of Schrodinger equation inside and out-
side of potential well. Find out the number of bound states, number of symmetric and antisymmetric
eigenfunction of the given system. [5 marks]

§7. Answer the followings [Marks: 0.5+1+1+1+2+1.5]

(a) Write the Schrodinger equation for Hydrogen atom in operator form.
(b) Using variable separation write the solution for azimuthal angle.
(c) Using variable separation write the solution for polar angle.
(d) Using variable separation write the solution for radial distance.
(e) Find out the normalized ground state eigenfunction of a hydrogen atom.
(f) Find out the expectation values of ‘r’ for ground state of hydrogen atom.
Physics-II (PH20003) Mid-Autumn Semester Exam 2

§8. Answer following questions [1 Mark each]

(a) What did Max Planck propose to solve the black body radiator problem?

i. Radiation is made up of waves iii. Light has a continuous energy profile

ii. Light changes its speed in different media iv. Light comes in packets of energy

(b) Wien’s law is deduced from Planck’s radiation equation under the condition of

i. Very small λ and T iii. Small λ and High T

ii. Large λ and High T iv. Large λ and Low T

(c) A proton is confined to a 1-D rigid box, whose side have length 10−12 m . The minimum kinetic
energy of the proton is

i. 8.34 × 10−13 J ii. 8.34 × 10−15 J iii. 8.34 × 10−19 J iv. 8.34 × 10−21 J

(d) The deBroglie wavelength (in Å) of an electron having kinetic energy 50 eV is

i. 0.87 ii. 1.23 iii. 1.74 iv. 2.46

(e) X-ray of wavelength 0.2Å are scattered from a carbon block. The wavelength (in Å) of X-ray
scattered through 450 is

i. 0.203 ii. 0.207 iii. 0.210 iv. 0.214

(f) The operator associated with momentum is

−h̄ −h̄
i. i
∇ ii. −ih̄ ∇ iii. 2m i
∇ iv. m i h̄ ∇

(g) A wave function is given by φ(x) = A x(L−x) for 0 ≥ x ≥ L, and zero elsewhere. The constant
‘A’ for a proper wave function would be
q q q q
12 17 20 30
i. L5
ii. L5
iii. L5
iv. L5

(h) An electron with kinetic energy 2 eV encounters a potential barrier of height U = 4 eV. If the
barrier width is 0.4 nm, the probability that the electron will tunnel through the barrier is

i. 3.0 × 10−3 ii. 1.5 × 10−3 iii. 3.0 × 10−2 iv. 1.5 × 10−2

(i) If an excited state of Hydrogen atom has a life-time of 2.5 × 10−14 s, the minimum error with
which the energy of this state can be measured

i. 0.21 × 10−20 J ii. 0.21 × 10−21 J iii. 0.42 × 10−20 J iv. 0.42 × 10−21 J

(j) The ground state energy of an electron in 1-D infinite square potential well is 5 eV. The width
of the well is

i. 0.27 ii. 0.35 iii. 0.39 iv. 0.55