Lecture 5 Flashcards
5.1. Interior solutions 5.2. Sketching solutions 5.3. Energy quantisation
1
Q
What values of k are allowed in an infinite potential well?
A
n*pi/2L - this shows how confinement of the particle led to the quantisation of the wavenumber
2
Q
What values of n does the ground state and excited states have?
A
n = 1 in the ground state and 2 for first excited state etc.
3
Q
When does a particle in an infinite potential well have zero point energy?
A
When it is in its ground state
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