Modern Physics for Scientists and Engineers
Modern Physics for Scientists and Engineers
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Author: Stephen T. Thornton, Andrew Rex
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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If in a box with infinite walls of size 1 nm there is an electron in the energy state n=2, find its probability density, the wave function and the corresponding energy.
An electron having total energy E = 4.50 eV approaches a rectangular energy barrier with U = 5.00 eV and L = 950 pm as shown. Classically, the electron cannot pass through the barrier because E < U. Quantum- mechanically, however, the probability of tunneling is not zero. (a) Calculate this probability, which is the transmission coefficient. (b) To what value would the width L of the potential barrier have to be increased for the chance of an incident 4.50-eV electron tunneling through the barrier to be one in one million?
Consider a particle of mass m, located in a potential energy well.one-dimensional (box) with infinite height walls. The wave function that describes this system is:Ψn(x) = K sin (nπx /L), for 0 ≤ x ≤ LΨn(x) = 0 for any other value.K is a constant and n = 1,2,3,... Determine K*K = │K│2

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