Assignment I

(Stream EE,EEE,EIE) 2013-14

(even sem-2-nd year)

Group A :

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1 a) Calculate the total number of particles in a fermionic gas in terms

Fermi level at T=0K.
b) Also calculate the average energy at T=0k.
2 a) Show that Aeikx +be-ikx is an eigen function of the kinetic energy
operator.
b) Find the value of [x, Lx].
c) A particle is moving along the x-axis has the wave function (x)= ax , for
0<x,1 and (x)= 0 for 0>x>1. Find the expected average <x> of the
position of the particle .
3 a) Define generalized coordinate, generalized momenta and cyclic
coordinate.
b) Prove that if the coordinate is cyclic in Lagrangian it will be cyclic in
Hamiltonian.
c) If time is absent in the Lagrangian. Hamiltonian will be conserved.
d) A bead of mass m slides without friction on a frictionless wire in the
shape of cycloid with equations,

sin
x=a

and

+cos
y =a

where

0 2

. Find the Lagrangian function and Lagrangian equation of motion.

4a) What do you mean by density of states?
b) Show that the density of states of free electrons vary with energy as E .
5 a) Write time dependent Schrodingers equation.
b) Derive time independent equation from time dependent one.

c) Show that if a particle is confined in a 3D potential box, its energy will be

degenerate.
GROUP B:
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6.a) The Fermi energy of silver is 5.51 eV .a) what is the average energy
of free electrons in silver at 0K?
b) what is the speed of the electron corresponding to the above average
energy ?
c) A system has two energy eigen states 0 and 30. 1 and 2 are the
corresponding normalized wave function. At an instant the system is in a
superposed state =C1 1 +C2 2 and C1=1/2.
(i) What is the probability that an energy measurement would yield a
value 3 0?
(ii) Find out the expectation value of energy.
(3 +4)
7.a) Write short notes on microstates and thermodynamic probability.
b) Three distinguishable particles each of which can be in one of the ,
2

, 3 energy states have total energy 6 . Find all possible

distribution of particles in energy states. Find the number of microstates in

(i) MB statistics ii)) BE statistics iii) FD statistics.
(3+4 )
9.a )Evaluate the temperature at which there is one percent probability that
a state, with an energy0.5eV above the Fermi energy will be occupied by
an electron.
b) Sketch the distribution functions as a function of energy in MB, BE and
FD statistics.
(3+4 )

10)Write the assumption of Lorentz Drude theory. Derive the expression of

electrical and thermal conductivity using Drude Lorentz theory.State
Wiedmann-Franz law. What are the limitations of these theory.