1

PHM 601: CT2 Guidelines/Instructions

Submission Date : Tuesday, April 28, 2020

1. First page must start with the following entries in a table:

CT2 - PHM 601: 2019 – 2020

Roll Number
Name in CAPITAL LETTERS
Number of pages

2. Students MUST answer the questions in the respective sets allotted to them.

3. Since it is an open book exam, some questions may require a little bit of extra study.

4. Answers must strictly be in the same sequence as the questions.

5. Answers must be hand-written by the students on clear, preferably A-4 size sheets.

6. Every answer should start from a new page. Figures should be clearly drawn.

7. Page numbers should be clearly written at the top right corner of every page.

8. Assume suitable values for any missing data.

9. Draw neat sketches wherever required and desist from writing long and irrelevant stories.

10. Every student should scan the pages and submit the answers after converting them to a single PDF
file.

11. Make sure that the answers are clearly legible without any ambiguity before submitting. Single PDF
file per student should be sent by individual students at deiphm601@gmail.com on or before the
submission date (April 28, 2020).

12. File name as well as the Subject of mail should be: Name-Roll#-PHM601-CT2.

13. If multiple sheets are caught with same answers, all such students will be penalized.
 2
PHM 601 : QUANTUM MECHANICS

Class Test #2 Max. Marks: 40

SECTION A (24 marks)

Common Questions to all Students in the Class. All questions are compulsory

1. Discuss the time-dependent perturbation theory and derive the transition probability per unit time
(Fermi’s Golden Rule). [5]

2. Justify how time-dependent perturbation theory is applicable to scattering. [2]

3. Derive the following expression for the density of states for a particle inside a cube of volume L3.
[3]

4. Define and briefly explain the importance of the following: [2 x 7]

i. Adiabatic approximation
ii. Sudden approximation
iii. Scattering cross-section
iv. Green’s function
v. Born approximation
vi. Spherical Bessel equation
vii. Legendre equation
 3
SECTION B (16 marks)

Please answer only questions assigned to you. All questions are compulsory

S.No. Name Question #6 [8 marks] Question #7 [8 marks]

1. Abhishek a. Discuss a practical example that can be accurately analysed by a. What information is provided by scattering experiments?
first-order perturbation b. What does the Yukawa potential describe in scattering?
b. If the perturbed Hamiltonian is time-dependent, what can you
say about the time dependence of its energy levels and
eigenstates?

2. Apeksha a. On what factors do the transitions from a discrete state to a a. Discuss the impact factor in scattering
continuum of states depend? b. Show that the intensity of the scattered wave falls off
b. If there is a large energy difference between the initial and the according to the inverse square law
final states, then what would be the average of the slowly
varying perturbation?

3. Arunima a. Discuss a practical example of a harmonic perturbation.
b. Explain why if the perturbation in the Hamiltonian Hʹ is
considered time independent, then the system goes only into
those states in the continuum that have the same energy as the
initial state.
a. Discuss the relationship between the scattering amplitude and
the cross-section
b. Discuss an example where Born approximation gives the exact
expression for the scattering cross-section

4. Ashita a. Explain the dipole approximation for absorption and emission a. Discuss the spherical Bessel polynomials
of radiation b. How are they useful in scattering?
b. Explain why if Hʹ is oscillating sinusoidally as a function of time,
i.e., it is a harmonic perturbation, with an angular frequency w,
then the transition is into states with energies that differ by w
from the energy of the initial state.
 4

5. Deepayan a. Derive an expression for the transition probability for a. Discuss the Legendre polynomials
spontaneous emission b. How are they useful in scattering?
b. What is the nature of the transition probability per unit time
from the initial state |i〉to a set of final states |f〉in both
cases, i.e., if Hʹ is time-independent or oscillating sinusoidally?

6. Khushbu a. Derive an expression for the transition probability for a. Discuss spherical harmonics in quantum mechanics
stimulated emission b. How are they useful in scattering?
b. Explain why the probability of spontaneous emission depends
only on the properties of the transition.

7. Kratika a. Derive an expression for the ratio of the spontaneous emission a. Explain Rayleigh scattering
rate to the stimulation emission rate b. Derive the s-wave (l=0) solution for scattering from a hard
b. Discuss a practical example of application of Fermi’s Golden sphere for which V(r)=0 for r>a and = infinity for r<a. What
rule? does it signify?

8. Mansi a. Discuss the origin of selection rules for hydrogenic atoms a. Which method is applicable to study low energy scattering?
b. Briefly discuss the fields where time-dependent perturbation b. Explain Raman scattering
theory is used

9. Nidhi a. Discuss the origin of selection rules for electric dipole transitions a. Which method is applicable to study high energy scattering?
for a linear harmonic oscillator b. For studying scattering from identical particles, what kind of
b. Discuss a practical example where spontaneous emission takes wavefunctions are constructed?
place
10. Prachi a. Discuss the effect of change in parity on electric dipole a. Discuss the optical theorem in scattering. What does it signify?
transitions b. Does scattering result in phase shifts? Explain.
b. What are the factors on which absorption or stimulated
emission depends?
11. Raman a. What can you say about the probability of transition between a. Discuss Ramsauer effect? What does it signify?
states |j> and |k>, if a time varying Hamiltonian H’(t) induces b. Explain why we seek the solution of the Schrodinger equation
transitions between them? in scattering in the form of an incident plane wave and an
b. Discuss the validity of time-dependent perturbation theory outgoing scattered wave?
 5

12. Ravi a. Discuss what you understand by quasi-stationary states a. Discuss differential cross-section. How is it related to the total
b. Discuss the transition probability per unit time for spontaneous cross-section?
emission b. If scattering between two identical protons takes place, what
can you say about the total wavefunction?

13. Reena a. What are the advantages of time-dependent perturbation a. Is scattering based on Schrodinger’s equation valid for both
theory non-relativistic and relativistic scattering? Explain.
b. Discuss a practical example where stimulated emission takes b. What is the physical significance of the scattering amplitude?
place
14. Sonu a. What are the disadvantages of time-dependent perturbation a. Discuss spherical harmonics? What is their significance in
theory scattering?
b. Discuss the transition probability per unit time for stimulated b. Show that the current density J of the scattered wave has a
emission or absorption 1/r2 dependence

15. Sumiran a. What can you say about the probability of transition, if a system a. What are the conditions under which the method of partial
in an unperturbed state n is suddenly subjected to a constant waves is applicable?
perturbation H’(r), which exists during time 0 to t. b. Qualitatively discuss why results of Born approximation and
b. Why are only some transitions allowed between different Fermi’s Golden Rule are the same in scattering
states?
16. Utkarsh a. What is the physical significance of Einstein’s A and B a. Why does the method of partial waves develop solutions for
coefficients spherically symmetric potentials in terms of the angular
b. How are they related to each other? momentum eigenfunctions?
b. If scattering between two identical spinless (a-particles) takes
place, what can you say about the total wavefunction?