QM and Path Integrals Homework 4
QM and Path Integrals Homework 4
QM and Path Integrals Homework 4
1)
Using the Schrcidinger equation ,
wehave
tttcx ) = E 4 (X)
ht
_
In §L have
region ot ×
,
we
มา4
2
cx ) +
4C× 1 = o
4 (× 1 =
Asin ( kx ) + Bcos( kx ) .
4 (อ ) = B
o = 13
,
and 4 (L ) =
Asin ( k L)
0 =
Asin Ck LI
ก 1T
k =
ก L )
thesolutioneventuallybe.tn
where
1,2
n = . .
.
, ,
CXI = Asin (
ทIX
L
) .
1. 2) Usingthenormalization ,
we have
e =
[ Hncxs Fdx
=
[ si (
"
E) dx
€[ ) dx
"
=
+ - cos ( ×
=
A
2 G- ) o
=
A =
/ L
Esin ( [ )
"
×
#× ะ =
n
,
Esin ( ×
) +2¥ ป # in GE ) × = o
(ฑื๋[
ะ
En =
2T
ก้
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ห้
ว้
ด้
ญั๋
ฑั๋
ญั๋
ตฺหั๋
ก้
-
1. 4)
µ× ว =
JEsin ( [ ×) FE ^
o n
14า (× 112 =
[ sin
2
( IL ) ×
n n
E- .
อ L
ICX ) = Esin ( × ) n n
0 L
[ si ( [ )
"
172C× ว F
×
=
n n
0 L
Fsin ( [
"
×
น (× า =
n
n
0 น
[ ( [ xh
3
143C XJF = si
n
o n
1. 5) <× > =
% _
(× ง × # cx ) dx
=
[
2ft
oxsi (¥× ) dx
=
¥[ × -
xcos G ) dx
×
¥ [In EE
L
1 dx )
I ( E- £ (¥× 1. + ×
× sin
=
☐ 2
<× > =
[
ก้
หุ๋
ก้
ก้
ษู๋
ษั๋
For
p
wefind 4
Cp by using Fwriortransform asfollows
,
L
¥p ×
ftcxse dx
t
_
าh CP =
ป 2Eh o
1
[ Esin ( ¥ )
P×
=
× dx
<
solvethe
We
integral as
¥P
Isin ([
×
I =
×
)อ dx
¥P
L
Eettcos ( ) ftos ( ¥
×
= -
×
.
-
¥p ¥ ×
) dx
= _
# %os ×
) อ ¥ -
p ¥ [¥
"
sin
(¥ × ) [+ ¥ Ep %¥ Ein (¥
"
×
) dx ]
[ #E)]
± - ± = -
¥1.
#
a)
htTLL ¥ P↳
I =
ltak ( p ↳
2 ( 1) เ
ttence we have
¥"
,
ป IL [3
( + 1)
4C
p) E. pn
=
_ .
Andthen wefind ี
,
<
p
> =
Etr
^
f4 pp 4cm dp
้ิ
¥" ¥
PY dp
ิ
ร ⇐☐
-
_
Iิ
ไ# g (
LF ง
=
4 ptf P
3 Gzp) # _
0
dp
,
-
9 I 4 ht
อ
<p> = .
thefigurein 1. 4) .
Moreover the average momentnm is o because themomentum of particle can be
,
%
*
1. 6) < Hh = 7+ ( X) Ithc× ) dx
fosin ]
-
2
µ
=
[ (¥ ×) = 2m *
ะ sin
( [ ×) dx
2 2 L
%
2 [☐
=
L 2 ต
Si
( [ ) dx ×
#
< lt > =
zm
1
.
""
n =
% n
- .
14เ อ (× 112 [= si × ) 2 .e e
0 L
1. 8) In classical limit
,
wewanttofindpartidewhichspendthetime.to travel + round T
can be written as
st
P =
#
2 SX / VCXI
=
T
-
Because the
velocity is aconstant whichyeilds probability density as
%↳ =
£ย
=
[
In 1. 7) ,
wecan
seethataverage probability intherange to × ×+ dx isoloseto [ . If we take
£2
1. 9 En =
2mL
2
ท
2
£2
{ m v2 =
2M L
2
n =
MV TT.TL
ท =
1.8 ✗ 1033
of produet ot
1. 10 Thereisa minimum value
uncertainty in
position and momentumas
AXAPI [ .
The
momentwmwillbeexactlyzerowhenwedontthe.info rmation ot position .
sothemomentwmisnotexactlyzero.lt
knowthat inside the box
In this
particleis
case
,
we a
,
theenergy
enceg
is not zero .
อึ
ท้
ท้ญู่
หิ้
อ้
หิ้
L
② 2. 1) The
Hamiltonianforfreepartiole 2
is
p
HE 2ต
Hrtcxts =
Etcx.tt
tt 22#×µ
_
2ต 2×2
=
ihgztcxt) .
Let rtcx ↳
,
=
fcmgct ,
we have
is
1
htaafcxy =
GC↳ c
] 12ทาง×
2
gctjgt
±
.
fcx)
ipx _
¥ PX
=
+ e
where p
= ป 2m E
,
gtgct
2
= -
Encgct)
e-¥
ct
gcti =
-
knowthat
Andwe c = E. We
eventaully have
¥( px -
EH ¥ ( pxt EH
tcxgtl = Cte + ci
which be the
plane wave eqnation .
1 =
f -
4% ×
yd
µ Tcx ↳ dx ,
-
อ
× +
-
-
1 =
+ µ ) (qe + ci , dx
,
+ =
ic.F-iio.it cicze "×
+
G e
¥
2
px
dx
นา ¥" ×
1 =
เอา Rtica Ft 2 ย dx
-
Let c. =
ca = c we then have
, •
Epx
Ffae ( Enx)
_
= 4 lc cos dx
1
[โ
2
1 =
41 cf
cos
(PE ) × dx
1 = 2 lc F [ a
1- cos G¥ ) × dx
I
In graphically ,
we can see that a
partide can locatesat
any position ,
but wedont know itsprobability .
^ / 4C× , ts 12
> X
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ยิ๋
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ย๋
ผุ๋
ย๋
ทิ้
ษี
ยั
2. 3 The localized wavefunction canbe expressed as
2
×
2
2☒✗
Tcx อ) =
Ae
, -
We do Furiertransformation asfollows
2
PX
f [[
A 2
443 o ) = dx
ป 21T ht
.
ป¥
ค
axi b ×
น
-
_
dxe
Using Guassian integral ,
=
,
we
get that
2
¥22A
×
-
A
tlp ,
อ ) =
e AX 2 IE
jem
2
4 ^×
AAXJ}
-
= e-
2 i
2- Et
e-
¥ 2
^×
-
ht
> 443t) = A 1× e
2
it
- P} ^×
2
t
2Mt )
✓¥
☐
= AA× e
.
4=[ ฑื๋n ) #
A ^×
+ ×
fdxe
→
Tcxgt) =
AAXFE -
[
- ง
2
×
-
(^ ำE
JEEEEI
4 I
AX ×
A e
-
µ⇐
2
×
-
A✗ 2
A
4
(^ × + itt)
✓ 1×2 + itte
-
=
2M
We do narmalization as fdlows
•
1 =
fdx a
1 #×
µ 12
2A ×
2
-
2
×
ง
f
-
2
Cax )
(E)
4
t = A dxe
2
(^ -
× +
✓ 1×4 +
( กะ - a
F
ป
(^ ✗ #)
2
✓
2
^ × + (±
-
4
1 = A 2
-
µ atot
+ffษ
4 2
⇐ ×
A =
รE้ ×
2
×
-
2
4
(^ E )
้
# £✓
× +
4(
Xgt )
^×
-
E
-
=
2 ett
AX +
2M
ณ่
อิ้
ญ็
หิ้
ฏื๊
ยั่
ญํ่
ตุ่
ต้
ทั๋
ะ
fdx
2
2. 4) <×> = × 14<×µ 1
2A ×
_ 2
×
ค
fgdx อ ([ก2)
4
=
×
^✗
- /21T 2
(^
-
✗ +
✓ 1×4 +
( ฐy
2
weareintegratingtheoddfunction.lt ence
,
(× > = อ .
<
p>
=
Ldx 4 µ(
.it#itcxDX2Ax2
อ
ใ
2 4
Lad
X A✗
-
^✗ 12☒ 2
(^
_
× + ([ )
×
F)
=
ป ^×
(± [
4
(÷
4 +
( ก×
-
_
+
wearealsointegratingtheoddfunction.lt enoe
,
( p> = อ .
2
×
_
, ,
We then have the variances ofx andp written as
ป 1×2 + itt 1-
AX = and AP =
2ต
'
2J axa it
t
42 2m ht
t
ltence
AXAP
=
, 2 u
ทุ
ภี้
ผิ๋
③ From H> = a 1 ×> +
bly > we write as
Iy >
,
r n
'
>
ly 14 > = cos อ 1 × > + sino
Iy >
±
.
1 77 Moreover we have
1 ,
(อ -01 เy'>
" '
Y)
1 ×>
=
>
(sinocoso ) Iy >
"
(cosocosotsinosin 011 ×
'
0 =
sinocoso
> 1×>
> + -
asfdlows
Weconsidertheunitary operator
1 > = U 14>
'
We then have
'
UIX >
'
coso 1 × > sin 0 >
ly
-
=
cosoty >
'
sine 1 × > v1
y>
=
+ .
written inmatrixform
They are as
foso
sino
) (µ บก
-
5in 0 cos 0 .
Hence
,
( e)
coso sin
U
-
sin ⑦ cos0
,
which be the passive rotationmatrix _
And we oheck
( ) ( :::-.:::)
cos 0 sino
บ =
-
sin0 .. . .
cosoiesi
( )
= 0 -
cososine + sinecos 0
sinocosetcososine si 0 tco 50
Utu =
11
_
1
ท้
ท้
บ๋
ษ่
บ่
④ 4.1 Because innerprodwct has to conserveunder time translation ,
,
we have
UEt E) UGL E)
"
-
"
- = 11
_
satisfying < 4 Ct า
"
ntct " า > = < 4C tำ 14 Cts > .
1 + ( ttsts > =
UCS tmtcti >
Hcti > -
¥ I 14Cti > st = ucstmtcts >
ltence
,
Ucsti = 1- ¥ Ist _
Hct
"
-
↳> = lim บนt) Hcti > .
N →ค
N
=
lim G- ¥ Ist)
N →ต
N
t" E)
( a- ¥ IC )
-
=
lim
N
N→ค
¥ ICt E)
"
-
U # ts = e-
4. 4 Weuse the
Schrcidingerequation and
apply the time evolutionoperatoras follows
i.tk#UCt-E))I4cEI7=Ict)U(t-E)Hct'nit2tUlt-t')=iIctiuct-t'
"" "
า
I ctsdt
d Ult E)
itf 5
-
Ut E) -
utity
UH E)
"
- =
5 Ectidt
หื๋
ฐั่
หั๋
หี
ษื่
For ltamiltonian dorit oommute
westartfromduct.tl
,
Et
= _
EIHIUCt.tl
tu
" t"
UCt , E)
fduct,tำ =
-
¥ f IHNH tydt ,
t
uctits
"
t
dh.tt#f.,t'Fromthis,
,
''
uct E)
= 11
_
-
/ Ictyct#
Ttltdulta E) ,
lt.fdtaitctitIctsluctz.lt
"
t
uct , E)
"
= ±+ fdtrti
E
+ t E)
t
'
t
) .
After do N have
steps ,
we
t1
dtfdtz [
"
N n t "
uct , E)
"
= ± + <
ท
t¥
1 t.dtnIIct.IE↳ . . .
1- - -
Icti
,
=
t
where t
"
= t
,
+
tzt . . .
+
tntt
'
.
[
"
ง t " "
dtfdtz
"
UH , E)
"
= ± + <
+
fi ะ
. . .
dtn Ict 1 Ictal
,
- - -
Icti .
n =
t t
'
T [ ICHIHa) . . .
Ictnl] =
IIcti.IH.ltii. Iltw ) - -
> tน
.
,
E)
t
" t" t,
↳
ม =
fdlafdtaltcti Icti
ti t
=
fdt ti
า dta T [ Ictp Icti]
t t
2 ^ 2 ^
" "
t t
-
-
OT L
"
=
µ
11 1 7 t 1 7 t
" "
t t
" " "
The
integration region E.< t.at
and Ettzft ,
The
integration region Eetzet andtzt t.tt
บ้
บ้
ฏุ๋
หั่
Then
,
" "
t t
fdtzfdt
"
t tา
ม =
fdt.fdt.IEcti Icti
ti t
=
, Icti Ectzl _
tู > tz
t t
2
Then we relabel t →
tz and tz → ↳ which yields
, ,
,
" "
t t t
" t"
วะ =
fdtifdta Icti Icti fdtifdta
E
tเ
=
t' t,
T [ Ictn Icti]
,
tz > t1
which is
theintegration halfabove
region .
ft
t.dk/dtzTLIctiEctzDt'f3ForJ3,wecanshreoLa
,
2
=
±
aube to 6
parts
"
t -
tt
=
3
tู =
↳
"
t
, > ta
E
t" _
%
L
"
t
ty
"
t"
| dtafdts
t
so
,
23
=
ม fdt '
,
T [ Icti Icti Ict;] .
t E
E
Hence t
"
t" t"
dtf fdtn
a
¥ ! (E)]
,
UC
tgtg =
± +
t t
dtz - - -
E
T [EHNIH . . .
Icy ]
t"
Uct" E)
,
=
Texpf ¥ [Ictidt ) .
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