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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?

    1
    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 dened 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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