Phys 73 TWHFI Recit 13 Hour 39, 40, 41 Instructions: Answer the following in a sheet of paper. Write the recit number and the date. Write a summary of your answers in the front page of your work. Show solutions. You may work in pairs. You may consult your notes and books. 1. A particle with mass m and total energy E tunnels through a square barrier of height Up and width L. When the transmission coefficient is not much less than unity, it is given by aah e272 T= [: (Uo sinh KL)’ 4E(y — E) where sinh kL = (e*! — e~*")/2 is the hyperbolic sine of kl. (a) (3pts) Show that if kL. >> 4, this expre: Ts w(t - new \n for T approaches (b) (4pts) Explain why the restriction KL >> 1 in part (a) implies either that the barrier is relatively wide or that the energy E is relatively low compared to Uo. (c) (pts) Show that as the particle's incident kinetic energy E approaches the barrier height - Us, T approaches|1 + (3) where k = “225 is the wave number of the incident particle. (Hint: If |2| << 4, then sinh z = z.) 2. A Three Dimensional Isotropic Harmonic Oscillator. An isotropic harmonic oscillator has the potential-energy functionU (x,y,z) = 2k'(x? + y? +22). (Isotropic means that the 2 force constant k' is the same in all three coordinate directions.) {a) (3pts) Show that for this potential, a solution to the 3D TISE is Vng(2)Yny (YW, (2). In this expression, yp, is a solution to the one-dimen en by p= nal harmonic oscillator Schrodinger equation, with energyEn, = (ne +3) hw. The functions Yq, (y) and Yn, (2) are analogous one-dimensional wave functions for oscillations in the y- and z- directions. (b) (3pts) Find the energy associated with this p. (c) (2pts) From your results in part (b) what are the ground level and first-excited-level energies of the three-dimensional isotropic oscillator? (d) (2pts) Show that there is only one state (one set of quantum numbers nny, and n,) for the ground level but three states for the first excited level. 3. (10pts) A tunneling experiment was done by accelerating alpha particles (m = 6.64 x 107” kg) with ener of 20.0 MeV towards a potential barrier of 30.0 MeV. It was determined that out of 1000 alpha particles incident on the barrier, 14 particle were transmitted. What is the thickness of the barrier?Fs 73 TUFT Feat /é Hour 29, 0,41 b tesmeting re [1 + Ce ee me)? 7 ¥et Ca,-€) a) fer KL >>I ae =#L sinh KE 2 €° =o 2 aw eft 2 x ted: oe 2 Le) Te if z ¥ECH-e) 4 ~ s oy s ° n ‘ ih zt fe = ® > \n nr, Ra nN «eR Le vem lewne. ec) : T = [: + (Wesnh ae |" ¥E Cue -€) fer Eee | RL ce we eat T ef yoy Ca Ye tut) 4e tee) | ve 4 Ue" ee 7 FE 7 eee. 7 ¢é é - rot ee ae geod4 a A Three Pinevevonat Harnett Ose VUaror B ate 2. 24a - seers eR Bo | ext iy ae - eh, t gyide eveteng by Tete ome mamage co ter. ag fet (te Bs) at ths hy (#42 ) east eccaes ae) (£4 - € Let cath fern on Yhe Lett loud stole be qual de a taunt 6c (OT ere fave. tt ft ath , obet w & am Be ° L é ee a am % ee b ee er an ¥ Ae o ee eewe cee vhat the ganten x he &, 2 (arf )aw: eolnte- Fe cae 6 Pert elton Jo Ye 19 QO ut & + ta 4) € = & + (nerk jaw © (nye btw +66 byte Sagut (te ty tre + E)te c) gown sete: 6,4, 2 Baw /* creed otite: Foo Zee Left: Coco % MOncagzererate- Cee ee, J) enetkert eto: Zn deply [Pree eeagemerek J Jf hE (cr zie