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Physics 73
Third Long Exam Problem Set
Second Semester, AY 20162017

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Third Long Exam Problem Set Second Semester, AY 20162017 Physics 73

Instructions: Choose the letter of the best answer to each of the following questions. Use No.
2 pencil only to shade your answer to the exam. To change your answer, neatly erase your
old answer and simply shade the new one. Any form of cheating in examinations or any
act of dishonesty in relation to studies, such as plagiarism, shall be subject to disciplinary
action.

USEFUL CONSTANTS:
e = 1.602176462 1019 C
1 eV = 1.602176462 1019 J
me = 9.10938188 1031 kg (electron mass)
mp = 1.67262158 1027 kg (proton mass)
h = 6.62606876 1034 Js = 4.135667273 1015 eVs
~ = 1.054571596 1034 Js = 6.582118893 1016 eVs
a0 = 5.29 1011 m (Bohr radius)
B = 9.27400899 1024 J/T (Bohr magneton)
0 = 8.854187817 1012 C2 /(Nm2 ) (permittivity of vacuum)

1. Ejected! An electron is ejected out of a metal with kinetic energy 2.1 eV. If the work
function of the metal is 4.3 eV, what is the frequency of the incident photon?
A. 5.3 1014 Hz
B. 9.7 1014 Hz
C. 1.5 1015 Hz
D. 9.7 1033 Hz
2. How often do you have moments? A photon travelling in a vacuum has momentum
2 1030 kg m2 /s2 . What is frequency of the photon?
A. 9.55 1011 Hz
B. 3.02 103 Hz
C. 9.06 1011 Hz
D. 5.69 1012 Hz
3. Twerkfunction. The threshold wavelength for the laser to eject an electron from the metal
is 400 nm. What is the work function of the metal?
A. 0.31 eV
B. 1.3 eV
C. 3.3 eV
D. 3.10 eV

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4. Straight Outta Compton. A photon scatters at an angle 45 after an inelastic collision

with an electron. What is the change in wavelength of the photon after scattering?
A. 3.15 1013 m
B. 5.30 1013 m
C. 7.10 1013 m
D. 9.20 1013 m
5. Braking Rad. What is the minimum wavelength of the photon emitted when an electron
with kinetic energy 9.2 keV hits a metal surface?
A. 2.16 1029 m
B. 3.81 1014 m
C. 1.35 1010 m
D. 1.31 107 m
6. Rad, bro! Under the Bohr model, what is the difference in angular momentum between
atomic orbits with radii 16ao and 4ao (ao is the Bohr radius)?
A. 12~
B. 4~
C. 2~
D. ~
7. Consistencies are not Bohr-ing . Which of the following is not consistent with Bohrs
model of the atom?
A. Electrons move in concentric circular orbits around the nucleus.
B. Orbital angular momentum is a quantized quantity.
C. There exist stable orbits where electrons do not lose energy.
D. There exist many stable orbits with different radii for the same energy level.
8. de Broglie. What is the de Broglie wavelength of a particle with mass 1.0 1030 kg and
moving at speed 0.8c?
A. 1.7 1012 m
B. 1.2 1013 m
C. 2.8 1012 m
D. 4.4 1013 m

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9. Gaano kadalas ang minsan. What is the frequency of a non-relativistic particle moving
with a kinetic energy of 10 eV?
A. 2.4 1015 Hz
B. 1.5 1034 Hz
C. 9.5 1034 Hz
D. 1.5 1015 Hz
10. Im out of . Which of the following is the correct wavefunction for a free particle with
definite momentum?
A. (x, t) = A sin[i(kx t)]
B. (x, t) = A sin(kx t)
C. (x, t) = Aei(kxt)
D. (x, t) = Aekxwt
11. Kasiguraduhan. What is the minimum uncertainty in the momentum that is gained by a
particle that passes through a slit of width 1.0 106 m?
A. 2.7 1029 kg m/s
B. 3.3 1028 kg m/s
C. 1.1 1028 kg m/s
D. 5.3 1029 kg m/s
12. Bababa? Bababa. An excited atom has an energy uncertainty of 0.302 eV. Which of the
following gives the best estimate of the lifetime of this excited atom?
A. 1.75 1034 s
B. 1.09 1015 s
C. 1.35 1014 s
D. 6.80 103 s
13. Lilitaw-lulubog. A hypothetical particle has a lifetime of 3.0 1025 s. Which of the
following gives the best estimate of its energy?
A. 1.10 109 eV
B. 1.75 1010 eV
C. 1.95 1027 eV
D. 4.53 108 eV

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For the next two items, consider a free electron with the following wavefunction at t = 0
(x) = A exp[i(1.30 1015 m1 )x].

14. Free! What is the kinetic energy of the particle?

A. 9.27 1059 J
B. 1.03 108 J
C. 4.07 107 J
D. 1.37 1019 J
15. Time Evolution. What is the wavefunction of the same particle at a later time t = Y ?
A. psi(x) = Aexp(i(1.30 1015 m1 )x (8.79 1093 rad s1 )Y )
B. psi(x) = Aexp(i(1.30 1015 m1 )x (9.76 1025 rad s1 )Y )
C. psi(x) = Aexp(i(1.30 1015 m1 )x (3.86 1027 rad s1 )Y )
D. psi(x) = Aexp(i(1.30 1015 m1 )x (1.30 1015 rad s1 )Y )
16. Normalize. Consider the unnormalized wave function given by

Ax
, 0<x<L
(x) = Ax + 2AL , L < x < 2L

0 , elsewhere.

What is the value of A that makes this wave function normalized?

2 3
q q q
3 B. L C. 2L3 2 2 3
A. 2L3 D. 3L
3

17. average. Consider a particle that is described by the wavefuncton (x) = 4b3 xebx for
x > 0 and zero
R elsewhere. What is the average position of the particle? Hint: You can use
3 2bx
the integral 0 x e dx = 8b34 .
A. 3/2b
B. 2/b
C. 1/2b
D. 3/5b

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18. superPosition. Consider a quantum state described by the wave function:

i 1 2i
(x, t) = 1 (x)ei(1 eV)t/~ + 2 (x)ei(4 eV)t/~ + c3 3 (x)ei(9 eV)t/~
8 2 + 2i
where 1 (x), 2 (x), and 3 (x) are the normalized eigenfunctions corresponding to the
energies 1 eV, 4 eV, and 9 eV, respectively. What is the probability of measuring an energy
of 9 eV?

A. 25 % B. 50 % C. 75 % D. 100 %

19. SuperAddition. When the energies of 1000 identical quantum particles are measured,
300 of the measurements give 3 eV, 400 of the measurements give 5 eV, and the remaining
give 15 eV. Let 1 (x), 2 (x), and 7 (x) be the normalized eigenfunctions corresponding to
the energies 3 eV, 5 eV, and 15 eV, respectively. What is the wave function describing the
particle?
q q q
i(3 eV)t/~ i(5 eV)t/~
3
A. (x, t) = 10 1 (x)e 4
+ 10 2 (x)e 3
+ 10 7 (x)ei(15 eV)t/~
3 i(3 eV)t/~ 4 i(5 eV)t/~ 3 i(15 eV)t/~
B. (x, t) = 10 1 (x)e + 10 2 (x)e + 10 7 (x)e
q q
3 i(3 eV)t/~ 4 i(5 eV)t/~
C. (x, t) = 10 1 (x)e + 10 2 (x)e
q q q
3 i(5 eV)t/~ 4 i(3 eV)t/~ 3 i(15 eV)t/~
D. (x, t) = 10 1 (x)e + 10 2 (x)e + 10 7 (x)e

20. Infinite Square Well. An electron in an infinite square well of width L is in a superposition
of ground state and second excited state. If the probability of measuring the ground state
is 2/3, which of the following wavefunctions is appropriate to describe the electron?
p p
A. (x) = (1/3)1/2 2/L sin(2x/L) + (2/3)1/2 2/L sin(x/L)
p p
B. (x) = (1/3) 2/L sin(3x/L) + (2/3) 2/L sin(x/L)
p p
C. (x) = (1/3)1/2 2/L sin(3x/L) + (2/3)1/2 2/L sin(x/L)
p p
D. (x) = (1/3) 2/L sin(2x/L) + (2/3) 2/L sin(x/L)
21. Time Evolution. An electron in an infinite square well is initially prepared so that there
is an equal probability that it is found in the ground state and in the first excited state.
Which of the following best describes the wavefunction at time t? Denote the normalized
eigenfunctions by n (x) and its corresponding eigenenergy by En .
A. (x, t) = 21 0 (x)eiE0 t/~ + 12 1 (x)eiE1 t/~
B. (x, t) = 21 1 (x)eiE1 t/~ + 12 2 (x)eiE2 t/~
C. (x, t) = 12 1 (x)eiE1 t/~ + 12 2 (x)eiE2 t/~
D. (x, t) = 1 1 (x)eiE1 t/~ + 1 2 (x)eiE2 t/~
2 2

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22. Excite Infinite Square Well. It takes 6.0 eV of energy to excite an electron in an infinite
square well from the ground level to the first excited level. What is the width L of the box?

A. 0.25 nm B. 0.43 nm C. 0.56 nm D. 0.61 nm

23. Photon Infinite Square Well. An electron is initially in the ground state of an infinite
square well of length o.1 nm. It absorbs a photon and ends up in the 4th excited state.
What is the wavelength of the photon absorbed?

A. 3.67 nm B. 2.20 nm C. 1.37 nm D. 1.32 nm

For the next four items, use the potential energy function in the figure. U0 is the depth of the
potential well and E1IDW is the ground state energy of an infinite deep well with the same
width. The energies E1 , E2 and E3 are the ground state energy, first excited state energy and
the second excited state energy of the finite well, respectively.

24. AlEasyWell. An electron is trapped in a finite well as shown in the above figure. What
should be the width of the finite well so that its ground state energy is 5.00 eV?

A. 1.08 1010 m C. 2.17 1010 m

B. 1.37 1010 m D. 2.74 1010 m

25. Wavy truth. The electron trapped in the finite well (see figure above) is in the first excited
state. Which of the following statements regarding its wave function is true?

A. It is zero at x = L. C. It is a maximum at x = L.
B. It is zero at x = L/2. D. It is a maximum at x = L/2.

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26. Brilliant transition. An electron in a finite well transitions from n = 3 to n = 2. If the

width of the well is 3.00 1010 m, what is the frequency of the emitted photon?

A. 6.63 1019 Hz C. 1.00 1015 Hz

B. 1.77 1018 Hz D. 2.67 1015 Hz

27. FREEDOM! If the width of the finite well is 1.00 107 m and the lowest frequency of
photon that can free the particle out of the well from the ground state is 6.32 105 Hz,
what is the mass of the quantum particle?

A. 1.30 1026 kg C. 7.28 1026 kg

B. 6.99 1026 kg D. 81.2 1026 kg

28. The Tunnel. Which of the following should be done in order to increase the tunneling
probability?
A. Decrease the incident energy of the particle.
B. Decrease the mass of the tunneling particle.
C. Increase the potential barrier height.
D. Increase the potential barrier width.
29. Rotallicso. A harmonic oscillator makes a transition from the 5th excited state to the 1st
excited state and emits a photon of wavelength 550 nm. By how much factor does the
wavelength decrease/increase if the same harmonic oscillator makes a transition from the
6th excited state to the ground state?

A. 0.80 B. 1.50 C. 0.67 D. 1.25

30. Trulaloooo. Which of the following statements is/are true?

~
I. The minimum energy for a classical and quantum harmonic oscillator is 2 .
II. The probability distribution for the harmonic oscillator approaches the classical case in
the limit of very large n.
III. The energy levels of quantum harmonic oscillator are equally spaced.

A. III only C. II and III

B. I and III D. I,II, and III

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31. 3D Box. A particle with mass m is placed in a cube whose sides have length L. What is
the energy level of its fifth excited state?
3 2 ~2
A.
2mL2
11 2 ~2
B.
2mL2
6 2 ~2
C.
mL2
7 2 ~2
D.
mL2
32. 3D Harmonic. What is the energy of the eighth excited state of a 3D isotropic harmonic
oscillator?
A. 4~
B. 8~
19
C. ~
2
21
D. ~
2
33. Transition. A 3D isotropic harmonic oscillator (3DIHO), initially in the second excited
energy level, transitions to the first excited energy level, emitting a photon. What is the
wavelength of the emitted photon if the 3DIHO oscillates at a frequency of 5.00 1015 Hz?
A. 60.0 nm
B. 82.2 nm
C. 129 nm
D. 150. nm
34. Degeneracy. What is the degeneracy of the fourth excited state of the 3D isotropic har-
monic oscillator?
A. 3
B. 10
C. 15
D. 28

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35. Phot-on, Phot-off. An electron in the hydrogen atom emits a photon as it transitions from
the 2nd excited state to the ground state. What is the frequency of the emitted photon?
A. 2.92 1015 Hz
B. 1.82 108 Hz
C. 6.08 103 Hz
D. 5.47 107 Hz
36. Some things are just not meant to be. Which of the following combinations of quantum
numbers for the hydrogen atom is possible?
A. (n, l, m) = (1, 1, 0)
B. (n, l, m) = (4, 2, 1)
C. (n, l, m) = (3, 0, 3)
D. (n, l, m) = (2, 1, 3)
37. Spinaroonie! An electron in the hydrogen atom is in the l = 2 state. If its orbital and
spin angular momenta are parallel, what is the magnitude of the electrons total angular
momentum?
35
A. ~
2
15
B. ~
2
5
C. ~
2

3
D. ~
2
38. World War Zee. A hydrogen atom is exposed to an external magnetic field directed to-
wards the +z-axis. In how many energy levels will the n = 4 and l = 3 state of the
hydrogen atom be split?
A. no splitting
B. 3
C. 5
D. 7
39. Many-electron. Three electrons were placed in a one-dimensional infinite square well.
Which of the following set of quantum numbers (n, ms ) describe a ground state of the
system?
A. {(0, ), (0, ), (1, )}

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B. {(1, ), (1, ), (1, )}

C. {(1, ), (2, ), (3, )}
D. {(1, ), (1, ), (2, )}

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