Physics 412

Homework Set No. 9'

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Townsend, Problem 10.3, page 303;

2.

Townsend, Problem 10.6, page 303.

Evaluate explicitly the energy eigenfunctions for the | ls)

3s) bound states

of the hydrogen atom. Verify that these eigenfunctions are orthogonal to each other
(it's enough to check this result for just two of these eigenfunctions). Don't forget to
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normalize the eigenstates! Note: You must use the recursion relation derived in class.

4.

Evaluate the mean value of the (measurements of the) position of the electron for the

ground state

(n:l)

and first excited state(s) (n:2) of the hydrogen

interpret the result as providing a measure

atom. (We can

of the "mean distance" between

the

electron and the proton, for both states.) Note the dependence of your result on the
state.

5.

a) Wite down the energy eigenfuncti ons Qn1.(;) (; I nlml for the bound states of a
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tries to bind the particle). No need to

normalize the eigenfunctions. Obtain the transcendental equation from which the

corresponding energy eigenvalues would be obtained (numerically). Note:

Remember that the boundary condition which must be satisfied by the radial wave
function at the origin is equivalent to thinking that there is an infinite barrier for

r =0.
b) Obtain an equation relating the parameters of the well (its depth and its width)
such that the ground state is barely bound, i.e., its binding energy approaches zero.

(Hint: Obtain first the general

transcendental equation from which this eigenvalue is

to be determined, and then take the appropriate

limit.) Recall that a similar problem

was solved in the case of a one-dimensional square well potential!

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