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Solution‐Quiz 3 (Phy114A 2022‐23‐I)
(i) Find the value of 𝐶 if the function
0 for 𝑥 0 and 𝑥 𝐿 Marks
𝑓 𝑥 obtained
𝐶𝑥 𝐿 𝑥 for 0 𝑥 𝐿
is normalized (3)
(ii) Calculate the expectation value of the operator 𝒑𝒙 for the normalized wavefunction (5) 08
0 for 𝑥 0 and 𝑥 𝐿
⎧
⎪
𝜓 𝑥
⎨ 2 sin 𝑛𝜋 𝑥 for 0 𝑥 𝐿
⎪ 𝐿 𝐿
⎩
Solution:
(i) By normalization condition
𝐶 𝑥 𝐿 𝑥 𝑑𝑥 1 𝟏
The integral is
𝐿
𝑥 𝐿 2𝐿𝑥 𝑥 𝑑𝑥
30
Therefore
30
𝐶 𝟐
𝐿
(ii)
ℏ2 𝑛𝜋 ℏ 𝑑 𝑛𝜋
〈𝑝𝑥〉 sin 𝑥 𝑥 sin 𝑥 𝑑𝑥
𝑖𝐿 𝐿 𝑖 𝑑𝑥 𝐿
ℏ2 𝑛𝜋 1 𝑛𝜋 2𝑛𝜋
sin 𝑥 𝑑𝑥 𝑥 sin 𝑥 𝑑𝑥 𝟐
𝑖𝐿 𝐿 𝐿 𝐿 𝐿
ℏ ℏ 2𝑛𝜋 2𝑛𝜋
𝑥 cos 𝑥 cos 𝑥 𝑑𝑥
𝑖 2𝑖𝐿 𝐿 𝐿
ℏ
𝟑
2𝑖