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(7 pts) Power of the Correspondence Principle

Note that no computations are required for this problem.

Use the correspondence principle to sketch the energy spectrum of the allowed states of a particle of mass m moving in the potential indicated in the figure below. The potential (marked by diamonds in Figure 3) consists of two simple harmonic oscillator potentials of spring constants and () pasted together with a discontinuity bridging the energies and indicated in the figure. The level of V=0 corresponds to the minimum potential in the plot.

 

Be sure to include the regions , and in your sketch. For the purposed of the sketch you may assume that there are five or so levels in each of the ranges and . Be sure not to forget the zero point energy of the first level.



Prof. Tomas Alberto Arias
Thu Oct 12 17:01:28 EDT 1995