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UG 5th Semester Examination 2020

Discipline: Physics (Hons.)
Course Type: CC-II
Course Name: Quantum Mechanics
Course Code: BSCPHYSC 501
Full Marks: 40 Time: 2 Hours

The figures in the right-hand margin indicate full marks. Candidates are required to give their
answers in their own words as far as practicable. Illustrate the answers wherever necessary.

Group–A

1. Answer any five questions: (15 = 5)

a. Plot Planck’s radiation energy density u( as function of for two different
temperatures.
b. Find the ionization energy of hydrogen if the atom is in the first excited state if
the ground state energy of hydrogen is – 13.6 eV.
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c. What is the commutator of and 𝑥?
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d. When two states are said to be degenerate? Give an example.
e. A typical nucleus is size about 510-15m. Find the lowest energy of an electron
must have if it is part of the nucleus.
f. A particle is limited to the x axis have the wave function 𝜓 = 𝑎𝑥 between 𝑥 = 0
and 𝑥 = 1. Find the probability of finding the particle 𝑥 = 0.45 and 𝑥 = 0.55.
g. Name one experiment in which wave like behaviour of electron is established.
h. The Schrodinger equation is linear in the wave function 𝜓. Explain it.
i. What is meant by the work function of a metal?
j. For a non-relativistic particle write down the relation between phase velocity
and group velocity.

Group–B
2. Answer any five questions: (25 = 10)

a. Can a photon transfer all its energy to a free electron? Justify. 2

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b. Is the wave function 𝜓(𝑥) = 𝑒 well behaved? if not, then why? 2
c. The wave function of a particle in one-dimensional potential at 𝑡 =0 is
1
𝜓 𝑥, 0 = 2𝜓0 𝑥 − 𝜓1 (𝑥)
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 where, 𝜓0 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝜓1 are the ground state and first exited states with corresponding
energies 𝐸0 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐸1 . What is the wave function of the particle at time 𝑡. 2

d. Using uncertainty principle show that one of the components of the angular
momentum must be quantized. 2
e. Radiations of wavelength 5400Å fall on a metal plate whose work function is 1.9eV. Find the
kinetic energy of the emitted photoelectrons. 2
f. The ground state wave function for 1s electron in hydrogen atom is
1 𝑟
𝜓0 𝑟 = 𝑒𝑥𝑝 − 𝑎 where 𝑎0 is the first Bohr radius. How much the electron
𝜋𝑎 03 0

is likely at the distance a0 form the nucleus? 2

g. Find the expectation value < 𝑥 > of a particle lying on the 𝑥 axis between
𝑥 = 0 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑥 = 1, if the wave function 𝜓 = 2𝑎𝑥. 2
h. What are the angles between L and the z – axis for 𝑙 = 1? Symbols have their usual
meanings. 2
i. Define Compton shift and hence give an explanation of the presence of incident
frequency radiation in the scattered radiation of Compton effect. 2
j. Calculate the de Broglie wavelength of a 100keV electron. 2

Group–C
Answer any three questions: (53 = 15)

3. (a) Write down the Einstein’s photoelectric equation explaining each term. What is
the importance of the threshold frequency? 1+1
2
(b) Ultraviolet light of wavelength 350 nm and intensity 1.00 W/m falls on potassium
surface. (i) Find the kinetic energy of photo electrons. (ii) If 0.5 % of the incident
photon produce photoelectrons how many are emitted per sec from the surface of
potassium of area 1.00 cm2? Given the work function of potassium is 2.2 eV. 2+1

4. What is Hermitian operator? Show that two eigen functions of Hermitian operators
belonging to different eigen values are orthogonal. 1+4

5. (a) Using the commutation relation 𝑥, 𝑝𝑥 = 𝑖ℏshow that 𝑥 𝑚 , 𝑝𝑥 = 𝑖𝑚ℏ𝑥 𝑚 −1 with

𝑚 > 1. 2
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(b) Study the hermiticity of the operator 𝑖 . 3
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6. (a) Write down time dependent Schrodinger equation. Using this equation show that
the space integrated probability is independent of time. 1+3
(b) What is the physical significance of the result? 1

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7. A photon of energy 3 keV collides elastically with the electron initially at rest. If the
photon emerges at an angle 600. Calculate
i) The kinetic energy of recoil electron
ii) The angle at which the electron recoils. 3+2

8. The Gaussian wave packet at 𝑡 = 0 is given by

𝑥2
𝜓 𝑥, 0 = 𝑁𝑒𝑥𝑝 − 2𝜎 2 ,
where 𝜎 is dispersion of this wave packet. Normalize this wave packet. 5

Group–D
Answer any one question: (110 = 10)

9. (a) Elucidate Davisson – Germer experiment to explain the wave nature of electron.
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(b) Determine the phase velocity of wave corresponding to the de Broglie wavelength
of h/p. 2
(c) A 0.083 eV neutron back scatters from an unknown sample and a Bragg’s
reflection peak is observed centred at 220. What is the interplanar spacing? 2

10. (a) Write down the time-independent Schrodinger equation for a linear harmonic
oscillator and hence obtain the energy levels of the harmonic oscillator in terms of its
frequency. 6
(b) What is the significance of the zero point energy of the harmonic oscillator? 2
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(c) Plot the wave function of the ground state and 1 excited state of H.O. 2

11. The potential of a particle in a box is given by

0, 0<𝑥<𝑎
𝑉 𝑥 =
∞, 𝑥 < 0 ; 𝑥 > 𝑎
(a) Determine the energy levels. 3
(b) Obtain the normalized wave function. 3
(c) Plot the energy levels and wave functions for ground state and first excited state.
2+2