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Midterm Examination
PHYS M1410: Quantum Mechanics (I)
November 20, 2009 Friday
Problem 1. (16 points) (a) Study the hermiticity of the operators:
, = ,
d
X D P i D
dx
(
(
(
(
in the
z
L basis. If
x
L is measured in this state and a result
1 is obtained, what is the state after the measurement? How probable was the result? If
z
L
is measured, what are the possible outcomes and their probabilities?
Problem 5. (24 points) Consider a free particle with
2
/ 2 H P m = . (a) Find its eigenvalues
and eigenfunctions in the X basis. (b) Find the propagator ( , ; ', ') ( ) ' U x t x t x U t x = (c)
consider as an initial wave function the wave packet
2 2
0
/ / 2 2 1/ 4
( , 0) /( )
ip x x
x e e t
A
= A
. Calculate
(0) , (0) , (0), (0) X P X P A A . (d) Find ( , ) x t and probability density at time t. (e) Find .
( ) , ( ) , ( ), ( ) X t P t X t P t A A . (f) For a macroscopic particle with
13
2g and 4 10 cm m
= A = ,
estimate how long is it for ( ) 1mm X t A ~ ?
Problem 6. (16 points) (a) Consider the one-dimensional potential barrier as shown in the
figure. Write down the wave function that is
in physical Hilbert space in each region of
the potential for V2<E<V1. (b) Using the
fact that ( ) and / x d dx must be
continuous at the boundaries, find the
equations relate the coefficients of the wave
function. (c) Using the continuity equation
for probability to show that in the stationary
V(x)
x
a
V1
V2
I II III
PHYS M1410: Quantum Mechanics I.
state, the probability current density is a constant in coordinate (independent of x). (d)
Calculate the probability current density in Region I and III, as well as using the results of (c),
show that R+T=1, where R is the reflection coefficient and T is the transmission coefficient.
Problem 7. (20 points) Consider a Harmonic oscillator with
2 2 2
+
2 2
P m X
H
e
= . (a) Show that
( 1/ 2) H a a e = + , where
1 1
, and
2 2 2 2
m m
a X i P a X i P
m m
e e
e e
= + =
. Show
also that
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