FI-3103 Quantum Physics

Problem Set 1
1. Given formula
8h  3
u ( , T ) 
c 3 e h / kT  1
a. Use the given formula to calculate the energy density in a wavelength interval 
b. Use the result of a. to calculate the value of   max , for which this density is maximal
c. Using the result of 1b., calculate max for solar radiation, using 6000 K as an estimate of the sun’s surface
temperature.

2. The maximum energy of photoelectron from aluminum is 2.3 eV for radiation of 200 nm and 0.9 eV for radiation
of 258 nm. Use these data to calculate Planck’s constant and the work function of aluminum.

3. A beam of X-rays is scattered by electrons at rest. What is the energy of X-rays if the wavelength of the X-rays
scattered at 60o to the beam axis is 0.035 ?

4. The distance between adjacent planes in crystal are to be measured. If X-rays of wavelength 0,5 are detected at
an angle of 5o. What is the planar spacing of crystal? At what angle will the second maximum occur?

5. Find wave packet of  x,0 for a spectral distribution of

 Aa  k  k a
 k   
0 k a
with A is the normalization factor to be found first.
6. The angular frequency of the surface waves in liquid is given in terms of the wave number k by
Tk 3
  gk 

Find the phase velocity and group velocity for the limiting cases when the surface waves have: (a) very large
wavelength, (b) very small wavelength

   
7. Calculate phase velocity v ph and group velocity v g for the wave packet corresponding to relativistic particle.
(Recall energy and momentum of relativistic particle and rewrite phase and group velocity in terms of energy and
momentum using Planck’s and De Broglie’s relation)

8. Consider a wave function of the form  x   Ae   x

a. Calculate A so that  x  is properly normalized.
b. Find the probability density function Px 
c. Find the probability of finding particle between x  a and x  a

9. Find the probability current for a wave function of

a.  x   Ae ikx  Be ikx
b.  x   Ce axibx
1 x 2
  4 
10. Consider a wave function of the form  x     e 2

 
a. Calculate x and x 2
b. Find the wave function in momentum space   p  and calculate p and p 2

c. Using the definition of x and p to show that p x 
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