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Numerical Problems Quantum Mechanics

The document presents 25 numerical problems related to quantum mechanics, including calculating wavelengths and energies of particles like electrons and protons using concepts like de Broglie wavelength, Compton scattering, and the uncertainty principle. It asks the student to apply formulas to find values for wavelengths, energies, velocities, and probabilities given information about particle masses, energies, box sizes, and other parameters. The problems cover a wide range of fundamental quantum mechanics concepts.

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Numerical Problems Quantum Mechanics

The document presents 25 numerical problems related to quantum mechanics, including calculating wavelengths and energies of particles like electrons and protons using concepts like de Broglie wavelength, Compton scattering, and the uncertainty principle. It asks the student to apply formulas to find values for wavelengths, energies, velocities, and probabilities given information about particle masses, energies, box sizes, and other parameters. The problems cover a wide range of fundamental quantum mechanics concepts.

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Numerical Problems in Quantum Mechanics

1. Find the wavelength of an electron with kinetic


energy 1 Kev.

2. A ball of mass 10 gm. has velocity 100 cm/sec.


calculate the wavelength associated with it. Why
does not this wave nature show up in our daily
observations? h=6.60 x 10-34 J-sec.

3. Calculate the velocity and de Broglie wavelength


of a proton of energy 105 electron volts. Mass of
proton = 1.66 x 10-27 kg, charge = 1.6 x 10-19 C, h
= 6.62 x 10-34 J- sec.

4. The Electron beam in an television receiver is


accelerated by 10-4 volts. Calculate the de Brogile
wavelength.

5. Calculate the de Brogile wavelength of an


 - particle accelerated through a potential
difference of 2000 volts. M = 6.67 x 10-27 Kg.

6. A photon of wavelength 3 Ă suffers Compton


scattering by a free electron. If the angle of
scattering is 60°, calculate the kinetic energy of
the recoil electron.
7. Calculate the maximum percentage change in
wavelength due to Compton scattering for
incident photons of wavelength 1 Ă and 10 Ă.
What inference d you draw from the result? Try
to find the percentage shift for one wave length
in visible region.
8. A monochromatic x-ray beam whose wavelength
is 55.8 pm is scattered through 46°. Find the
wavelength of the scattered beam.

9. An x-ray photon whose initial frequency was


1.5 x 1019 Hz emerges from a collision with an
electron with a frequency of 1.2 x 1019 Hz. How
much kinetic energy was imparted to the
electron?

10. A photon of frequency  is scattered by an


electron initially at rest. Derive relation for the
maximum kinetic energy of the recoil electron.

11. A photon of energy E is scattered by a particle


of rest energy E0. Find the maximum kinetic
energy of the recoiling particle in terms of E and
E 0.

12. Using uncertainty principle show that the


electron cannot exist inside nucleus.

13. Calculate the smallest possible uncertainty in


the position of an electron moving with velocity
3 x 107 m/sec.
14. An electron is confined to a box of length 10 -8
m; calculate the minimum uncertainty in its
velocity 3 x 10 7 m/sec.

15. An electron has a speed 1.06 x 104 m / sec


within the accuracy of 0.01%. Calculate the
uncertainty in the position of the electron.

16. A nucleus (Neutron or Proton ) is confined to


nucleus of radius 5 x 10-12 m. calculate the
minimum uncertainty in the momentum of the
nucleon. Also calculate the minimum kinetic
energy of the nucleon.

17. The average time that an atom retains excess


excitation energy before re-emitting it in the form
of electro magnetic radiations is 10-8 sec. calculate
the limit of accuracy which the excitation energy
of the emitted radiation can be determined.

18. Show that if a component of angular


momentum of the electron in a hydrogen atom is
known to be 2h within 5% error, its angular
orbital position in the plane perpendicular to the
component cannot be specified at all.

19. Compare the uncertainties in the velocity of an


electron and a proton confined in a 1.00nm box.
20. An unstable elementary particle called eta
meson has a rest mass f 549 MeV/c 2 and a mean
lifetime of 7.00 x 1019 s. What is the uncertainty in
its rest mass?

21. Find the lowest energy of an electron confined


to move in a 1-D potential box of length 1 Ă.

22. Obtain an expression for the energy level (in


MeV) of a neutron confined to a one-
dimensional box 1.00 x 10-14 m wide. What is the
neutrons minimum energy?

23. A proton in a one-dimensional box has energy


of 400 keV in its first excited state in its first
excited state. How wide is the box?

24. An electron is confined to move between two


rigid walls separated by 10-9 m. Find the de
Brogile wave lengths representing the first three
allowed energy states of the electron and the
corresponding in electron volts.

25. An electron and a proton with the same energy


E approach a potential barrier whose height U is
greater than E. Do they have the same
probability of getting through? If not, which has
the greater probability ?

26. Electrons with energies of 0.400 eV are incident


on a barrier 3.00 eV high and 0.100nm wide. Find
the approximate probability for these electrons to
penetrate the barrier.

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