MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Department of Physics

Physics 8.04 Thu Mar 7 15:22:50 EST 1996

8.04 Quiz I, Spring 1996

Instructions

1. Closed book; no notes.
2. Please start solutions on the same page on which the problem is given.
3. Use subsequent blank pages if necessary

NAME:

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Recitation Instructor:

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8.04 Formula Sheet: Quiz I

Physical Constants

Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle

Bohr--Sommerfeld Quantization Condition

Quiz Problems:

• Contents
• Experiments [35 pts total]
  • Millikan's determination of the fundamental unit of charge [6 pts]
  • Atomic Spectra [9 pts]
  • Davisson-Germer Experiment [20 pts]
• de Broglie Hypothesis [20 pts total]
  • Stationary Phase [5 pts]
  • Correspondences [15 pts]
• Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle (HUP) [15 pts total]
  • Bouncing ball [5 pts]
  • Single Slit Diffraction [5 pts]
  • Spreading of a wave packet [5 pts]
• Bohr--Sommerfeld Quantization I [13 pts total]
  • Classical Action Integral [8 pts]
  • Bohr-Sommerfeld Quantization [5 pts]
• Bohr--Sommerfeld Quantization II [17 pts total]
  • Comparison with the Heisenberg Uncertainty Analysis [7 pts]
  • Correspondence Principle [10 pts]
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