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Physics Dept.
PART IIB
1.
2.
QUANTUM MECHANICS
3.
DO EACH PROBLEM IN A SEPARATE BLUE BOOK. On the cover of the blue book
write only the letter that has been assigned to you (NOT YOUR NAME) and the problem number.
4.
5.
The exam was designed to be done in three hours, but you will have up to four hours, should
you need them.
Some Physical Constants
Gravitational constant
Speed of light in vacuum
Permeability of free space
Permittivity of free space
Planck's constant
Electron charge
Electron mass
Proton mass
Bohr magneton
Boltzmann's constant
Stefan-Boltzmann constant
Universal gas constant
Avogadro's number
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me
mp
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k
R
NA
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6.67310-11
2.998108
410-7
8.85410-12
6.62610-34
-1.60210-19
9.10910-31
1.67310-27
9.27410-24
1.38110-23
5.67110-8
8.314
6.0221023
N.m2/kg2
m/s
T.m/A
C2/N.m2
J.s
C
kg
kg
J/T
J/K
J/m2.s.K4
J/mol.K
/mol
Qualifier 2B 2012
Problem 1 QM
A quantum mechanical particle of mass m and electric charge e interacts with an external electromagnetic field given by a scalar potential (r) and vector potential A(r), which depend on the
position r = (x, y, z) of the particle
=
K0 z 2
,
2e
Ax =
B0 y
,
2
Ay =
B0 x
,
2
Az = 0 ,
Qualifier 2B 2012
Problem 2B QM
Qualifier 2B 2012
Problem 3 QM
1 0 0
1 0 0
A = a0 0 1;
H = h0 0 2 0 ;
0 1 0
0 0 2
where 0 and a are positive real constants.
The physical state at time t = 0 is the state:
1
1
1
|(0)i = |u1 i + |u2 i + |u3 i .
2
2
2
(a) (8 points) At time t = 0, the energy of the system is measured. What
values can be found, and with what probabilities ? Calculate, for the
system in the state |(0)i, the mean value hHi and the root-mean-square
deviation H.
(b) (8 points) Instead of measuring H at the time t = 0, one measures A;
what results can be found, and with what probabilities ? What is the
state vector immediately after the measurement ?
(c) (4 points) Calculate the state vector |(t)i of the system at time t.
(d) (5 points) Calculate the mean value hAi(t) of A at time t. What comments can be made ?
Qualifier 2B 2012
Problem 4 QM
Qualifier 2B 2012
Problem 5 QM
where nx and ny are 0,1,2,3, The raising and lowering operators A+, A, B+, B are defined
by x =
=
=
A + + A and y =
B+ + B . Also n x A + A n x = n x and
2m
2m
n y B+ B n y = n y .
Qualifier 2B 2012
Problem 6 QM