University of California, Berkeley Physics ° I37A_ Spring 201 ‘MidTerm Exam 1 Maximum score: 100 points 1. (60 points) ‘Considering the one-dimensional problem of a partele of mass m in a potential veo xe-a -aex<0 Veo x30 (1) Sketch the potential andthe first 3 energy eigenfunctions, (2) Solve symbolically the energy eigenvalues and cigenfunctions. (8) How many bound sates exist in this potential? > (@) Now considering a scattering state coming from —= with energy of What will the reflectivity? 2. (50 points) 7 A Schrodinger equation in one dimension reads —7*p/ax? -2sech*s- y= Ey, (We have set 1 and m=1/2.) (1) Show that exp(ikx}(anhicteons) is a solution of the Schrodinger equation for a particular value of constant. Calculate the transmission and reflection coefficients. @) Using analytic extension of the transmission function of (1) to find the cigencnergy and eigenfunction of one bound state in this potential. {@) Sketch the wavefunction you found in (2). Give a simple argument that it must be the ground state ofthe potential, Definition: sech(x) «> oe