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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Physics
Physics 8.04 April 25, 1997
Quantum Physics I, Spring 1997
Problem Set 9
(Due Friday, May 2 at 5:00 pm sharp.)
Agenda and required readings for the weeks of April 21:
The abbreviations are RH = Resnick and Halliday (section
numbers), G = Gasiorowicz (section(s) contained within the given
range of pages), H = Heisenberg (section numbers), FT =
French and Taylor (section numbers), CN = class notes provided on the
web.
- L18, 04/29: Physical Discussion of Scattering; General Features of Bound States: discreteness,
normalizability, orthogonality, Energy representation, realness,
uniqueness (non-degeneracy) in 1d, symmetry.
Readings: CN ``Notes on Derivation and Features of the Time
Independent Schrödinger Equation (TISE),'' Secs 1.2, 2.1-2.2; G pp. 89-99 - L19, 05/01: Solution for bound states of finite square well, simple
limits of solution (
potential and infinite square well)
Readings: ``Notes on Solution of the Time Independent
Schrödinger Equation (TISE) for the Finite Square Well,'' Secs
1.6-1.8; G pp. 103-104
Work requested of the students is highlighted by either a question
mark (?) or .
Prof. Tomas Alberto Arias
Fri Apr 25 11:33:56 EDT 1997