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Principles of Physics

David Halliday , Robert Resnick , Jearl Walker

Chapter 39

More About Matter Waves - all with Video Answers

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Chapter Questions

02:10

Problem 1

An electron is contained in the rectangular box of Fig. $39-14$, with widths $L_{x}=800 \mathrm{pm}, L_{y}=1600 \mathrm{pm}$, and $L_{z}=390 \mathrm{pm}$. What is the electron's ground-state energy?

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01:48

Problem 2

Figure $39-25 a$ shows a thin tube in which a finite potential trap has been set up where $V_{2}=0 \mathrm{~V} .$ An electron is shown traveling rightward toward the trap, in a region with a voltage of $V_{1}=-9.00 \mathrm{~V}$, where it has a kinetic energy of $2.00 \mathrm{eV}$. When the electron enters the trap region, it can become trapped if it gets rid of enough energy by emitting a photon. The energy levels of the electron within the trap are $E_{1}=1.0, E_{2}=2.0$, and $E_{3}=4.0 \mathrm{eV}$, and the nonquantized region begins at $E_{4}=9.0 \mathrm{eV}$ as shown in the energylevel diagram of Fig. $39-25 b$. What is the smallest energy $(\mathrm{eV})$ such a photon can have?

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02:03

Problem 3

A one-dimensional infinite well of length $200 \mathrm{pm}$ contains an electron in its third excited state. We position an electron-detector probe of width $2.00 \mathrm{pm}$ so that it is centered on a point of maximum probability density. (a) What is the probability of detection by the probe? (b) If we insert the probe as described 1000 times, how many times should we expect the electron to materialize on the end of the probe (and thus be detected)?

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01:59

Problem 4

An atom (not a hydrogen atom) absorbs a photon whose associated wavelength is $400 \mathrm{~nm}$ and then immediately emits a photon whose associated wavelength is $580 \mathrm{~nm}$. How much net energy is absorbed by the atom in this process?

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02:40

Problem 5

The two-dimensional, infinite corral of Fig. $39-26$ is square, with edge length $L=150 \mathrm{pm}$. A square probe is centered at $x y$ coordinates $(0.200 L$, $0.800 L)$ and has an $x$ width of $5.00 \mathrm{pm}$ and a $y$ width of $5.00 \mathrm{pm}$. What is the probability of detection if the electron is in the $E_{1,3}$ energy state?

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02:47

Problem 6

Calculate the radial probability density $P(r)$ for the hydrogen atom in its ground state at (a) $r=0$, (b) $r=a$, and (c) $r=2 a$, where $a$ is the Bohr radius.

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01:51

Problem 7

What is the ratio of the shortest wavelength of the Balmer series to the shortest wavelength of the Lyman series?

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02:21

Problem 8

Figure $39-9$ gives the energy levels for an electron trapped in a finite potential energy well $450 \mathrm{eV}$ deep. If the electron is in the $n=3$ state, what is its kinetic energy?

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00:30

Problem 9

A neutron with a kinetic energy of $6.0 \mathrm{eV}$ collides with a stationary hydrogen atom in its ground state. Explain why the collision must be elastic-that is, why kinetic energy must be conserved. (Hint: Show that the hydrogen atom cannot be excited as a result of the collision.)

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06:47

Problem 10

A rectangular corral of widths $L_{x}=L$ and $L_{y}=2 L$ holds an electron. What multiple of $h^{2} / 8 m L^{2}$, where $m$ is the electron mass, gives (a) the energy of the electron's ground state, (b) the energy of its first excited state, (c) the energy of its lowest degenerate states, and (d) the difference between the energies of its second and third excited states?

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03:08

Problem 11

(a) Show that for the region $x>L$ in the finite potential well of Fig. 39-7, $\psi(x)=D e^{2 k x}$ is a solution of Schrödinger's equation in its one-dimensional form, where $D$ is a constant and $k$ is positive. (b) On what basis do we find this mathematically acceptable solution to be physically unacceptable?

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00:57

Problem 12

An atom (not a hydrogen atom) absorbs a photon whose associated frequency is $5.6 \times 10^{14} \mathrm{~Hz}$. By what amount does the en ergy of the atom increase?

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02:04

Problem 13

What is the probability that an electron in the ground state of the hydrogen atom will be found between two spherical shells whose radii are $r$ and $r+\Delta r$, (a) if $r=0.500 a$ and $\Delta r=0.010 a$ and (b) if $r=1.00 a$ and $\Delta r=0.01 a$, where $a$ is the Bohr radius? (Hint: $\Delta r$ is small enough to permit the radial probability density to be taken to be constant between $r$ and $r+\Delta r$.)

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03:22

Problem 14

Light of wavelength $121.6 \mathrm{~nm}$ is emitted by a hydrogen atom. What are the (a) higher quantum number and (b) lower quantum number of the transition producing this emission? (c) What is the name of the series that includes the transition?

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01:13

Problem 15

In the ground state of the hydrogen atom, the electron has a total energy of $-13.6 \mathrm{eV}$. What are (a) its kinetic energy and (b) its potential energy if the electron is one Bohr radius from the central nucleus?

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04:47

Problem 16

A hydrogen atom, initially at rest in the $n=3$ quantum state, undergoes a transition to the ground state, emitting a photon in the process. What is the speed of the recoiling hydrogen atom? (Hint: This is similar to the explosions of Chapter 9.)

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01:06

Problem 17

How much work must be done to pull apart the electron and the proton that make up the hydrogen atom if the atom is initially in (a) its ground state and (b) the state with $n=2 ?$

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07:27

Problem 18

An electron is in a certain energy state in a one-dimensional, infinite potential well from $x=0$ to $x=L=180 \mathrm{pm}$. The electron's probability density is zero at $x=0.300 L$, and $x=0.400 L$; it is not zero at intermediate values of $x$. The electron then jumps to the next lower energy level by emitting light. What is the change in the electron's energy?

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02:56

Problem 19

The wave functions for the three states with the dot plots shown in Fig. 39-23, which have $n=2, \ell=1$, and $m_{t}=0,+1$, and $-1$, are
$$
\begin{gathered}
\psi_{210}(r, \theta)=(1 / 4 \sqrt{2 \pi})\left(a^{-3 / 2}\right)(r / a) e^{-r / 2 a} \cos \theta \\
\psi_{21+1}(r, \theta)=(1 / 8 \sqrt{\pi})\left(a^{-3 / 2}\right)(r / a) e^{-r / 2 a}(\sin \theta) e^{+i \phi}, \\
\psi_{21-1}(r, \theta)=(1 / 8 \sqrt{\pi})\left(a^{-3 / 2}\right)(r / a) e^{-r / 2 a}(\sin \theta) e^{-i \phi},
\end{gathered}
$$
in which the subscripts on $\psi(r, \theta)$ give the values of the quantum numbers $n, \ell, m_{\ell}$ and the angles $\theta$ and $\phi$ are defined in Fig. 39-22. Note that the first wave function is real but the others, which involve the imaginary number $i$, are complex. Find the radial probability density $P(r)$ for (a) $\psi_{210}$ and (b) $\psi_{21+1}$ (same as for $\psi_{21-1}$ ). (c) Show that each $P(r)$ is consistent with the corresponding dot plot in Fig. 39-23. (d) Add the radial probability densities for $\psi_{210}$, $\psi_{21+1}$, and $\psi_{21-1}$ and then show that the sum is spherically symmetric, depending only on $r$.

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04:15

Problem 20

A cubical box of widths $L_{x}=L_{y}=L_{z}=L$ contains an electron. What multiple of $h^{2} / 8 m L^{2}$, where $m$ is the electron mass, is (a) the energy of the electron's ground state, (b) the energy of its second excited state, and (c) the difference between the energies of its second and third excited states? How many degenerate states have the energy of (d) the first excited state and (e) the fifth excited state?

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01:06

Problem 21

The ground-state energy of an electron trapped in a onedimensional infinite potential well is $2.6 \mathrm{eV}$. What will this quantity be if the width of the potential well is doubled?

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06:15

Problem 22

An electron is in the ground state in a two-dimensional, square, infinite potential well with edge lengths $L$. We will probe for it in a square of area $400 \mathrm{pm}^{2}$ that is centered at $x=L / 8$ and $y=L / 8 .$ The probability of detection turns out to be $4.2 \times 10^{-2}$. What is edge length $L$ ?

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05:11

Problem 23

Schrödinger's equation for states of the hydrogen atom for which the orbital quantum number $\ell$ is zero is
$$
\frac{1}{r^{2}} \frac{d}{d r}\left(r^{2} \frac{d \psi}{d r}\right)+\frac{8 \pi^{2} m}{h^{2}}[E-U(r)] \psi=0 .
$$
Verify that Eq. $39-39$, which describes the ground state of the hydrogen atom, is a solution of this equation.

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08:29

Problem 24

A particle is confined to the one-dimensional infinite potential well of Fig. 39-2. If the particle is in its ground state, what is its probability of detection between (a) $x=0$ and $x=0.25 L$, (b) $x=0.75 L$ and $x=L$, and (c) $x=0.25 L$ and $x=0.75 L$ ?

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01:23

Problem 25

For the hydrogen atom in its ground state, calculate (a) the probability density $\psi^{2}(r)$ and (b) the radial probability density $P(r)$ for $r=a$, where $a$ is the Bohr radius.

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02:27

Problem 26

Light of wavelength $102.6 \mathrm{~nm}$ is emitted by a hydrogen atom. What are the (a) higher quantum number and (b) lower quantum number of the transition producing this emission? (c) What is the name of the series that includes the transition?

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02:07

Problem 27

What are the (a) energy, (b) magnitude of the momentum, and (c) wavelength of the photon emitted when a hydrogen atom undergoes a transition from a state with $n=3$ to a state with $n=1$ ?

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06:01

Problem 28

What are the (a) wavelength range and (b) frequency range of the Lyman series? What are the (c) wavelength range and (d) frequency range of the Balmer series?

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10:10

Problem 29

Suppose that an electron trapped in a one-dimensional infinite well of width $250 \mathrm{pm}$ is excited from its first excited state to its third excited state. (a) What energy must be transferred to the electron for this quantum jump? The electron then de-excites back to its ground state by emitting light. In the various possible ways it can do this, what are the (b) shortest, (c) second shortest, (d) longest, and (e) second longest wavelengths that can be emitted? (f) Show the various possible ways on an energy-level diagram. If light of wavelength $29.4 \mathrm{~nm}$ happens to be emitted, what are the $(\mathrm{g})$ longest and $(\mathrm{h})$ shortest wavelength that can be emitted afterwards?

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01:48

Problem 30

Calculate the probability that the electron in the hydrogen atom, in its ground state, will be found between spherical shells whose radii are $a$ and $2 a$, where $a$ is the Bohr radius.

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02:14

Problem 31

An electron is trapped in a one-dimensional infinite potential well. For what (a) higher quantum number and (b) lower quantum number is the corresponding energy difference equal to the energy of the $n=5$ level? (c) Show that no pair of adjacent levels has an energy difference equal to the energy of the $n=6$ level.

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09:24

Problem 32

The wave function for the hydrogen-atom quantum state represented by the dot plot shown in Fig. $39-21$, which has $n=2$ and $\ell=m_{C}=0$, is
$$
\psi_{200}(r)=\frac{1}{4 \sqrt{2 \pi}} a^{-3 / 2}\left(2-\frac{r}{a}\right) e^{-r / 2 a},
$$
in which $a$ is the Bohr radius and the subscript on $\psi(r)$ gives the values of the quantum numbers $n, \ell, m_{\ell}$. (a) Plot $\psi_{200}^{2}(r)$ and show that your plot is consistent with the dot plot of Fig. 39-21. (b) Show analytically that $\psi_{200}^{2}(r)$ has a maximum at $r=4 a$. (c) Find the radial probability density $P_{200}(r)$ for this state. (d) Show that
$$
\int_{0}^{\infty} P_{200}(r) d r=1
$$
and thus that the expression above for the wave function $\psi_{200}(r)$ has been properly normalized.

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01:52

Problem 33

Verify that Eq. $39-44$, the radial probability density for the ground state of the hydrogen atom, is normalized. That is, verify that the following is true:
$$
\int_{0}^{\infty} P(r) d r=1
$$

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03:18

Problem 34

A hydrogen atom in a state having a binding energy (the energy required to remove an electron) of $0.85 \mathrm{eV}$ makes a transition to a state with an excitation energy (the difference between the energy of the state and that of the ground state) of $10.2 \mathrm{eV}$. (a) What is the energy of the photon emitted as a result of the transition? What are the (b) higher quantum number and (c) lower quantum number of the transition producing this emission?

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01:21

Problem 35

What is the probability that in the ground state of the hydrogen atom, the electron will be found at a radius greater than the Bohr radius?

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03:22

Problem 36

A proton is confined to a one-dimensional infinite potential well $120 \mathrm{pm}$ wide. What is its ground-state energy?

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01:40

Problem 37

The radial probability density for the ground state of the hydrogen atom is a maximum when $r=a$, where $a$ is the Bohr radius. Show that the average value of $r$, defined as
$$
r_{\mathrm{avg}}=\int P(r) r d r
$$
has the value $1.5 a$. In this expression for $r_{\text {avg }}$, each value of $P(r)$ is weighted with the value of $r$ at which it occurs. Note that the average value of $r$ is greater than the value of $r$ for which $P(r)$ is a maximum.

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03:33

Problem 38

An electron is trapped in a one-dimensional infinite potential well. For what (a) higher quantum number and (b) lower quantum number is the corresponding energy difference equal to the energy difference $\Delta E_{43}$ between the levels $n=4$ and $n=3$ ? (c) Show that no pair of adjacent levels has an energy difference equal to $2 \Delta E_{43^{-}}$

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00:36

Problem 39

For what value of the principal quantum number $n$ would the effective radius, as shown in a probability density dot plot for the hydrogen atom, be $1.0 \mathrm{~mm}$ ? Assume that $\ell$ has its maximum value of $n-1$. (Hint: See Fig. 39-24.)

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05:28

Problem 40

A hydrogen atom is excited from its ground state to the state with $n=4$. (a) How much energy must be absorbed by the atom? Consider the photon energies that can be emitted by the atom as it de-excites to the ground state in the several possible ways. (b) How many different energies are possible; what are the (c) highest, (d) second highest, (e) third highest, (f) lowest, (g) second lowest, and ( $\mathrm{h}$ ) third lowest energies?

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00:57

Problem 41

An electron in the $n=2$ state in the finite potential well of Fig. 39-7 absorbs 400 eV of energy from an external source. Using the energy-level diagram of Fig. 39-9, determine the electron's kinetic energy after this absorption, assuming that the electron moves to a position for which $x>L$.

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01:54

Problem 42

An electron is contained in the rectangular corral of Fig. 39-13, with widths $L_{x}=800 \mathrm{pm}$ and $L_{y}=1200 \mathrm{pm}$. What is the electron's ground-state energy?

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02:11

Problem 43

An electron is trapped in a one-dimensional infinite potential well that is 100 pm wide; the electron is in its ground state. What is the probability that you can detect the electron in an interval of width $\Delta x=5.0 \mathrm{pm}$ centered at $x=$ (a) $25 \mathrm{pm}$, (b) $50 \mathrm{pm}$, and (c) $90 \mathrm{pm}$ ? (Hint: The interval $\Delta x$ is so narrow that you can take the probability density to be constant within it.)

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02:26

Problem 44

An electron is trapped in a one-dimensional infinite well and is in its first excited state. Figure $39-27$ indicates the five longest wavelengths of light that the electron could absorb in transitions from this initial state via a single photon absorption: $\lambda_{a}=80.78 \mathrm{~nm}$, $\lambda_{b}=33.66 \mathrm{~nm}, \lambda_{c}=19.23 \mathrm{~nm}, \lambda_{d}=12.62 \mathrm{~nm}$, and $\lambda_{e}=8.98 \mathrm{~nm} .$ What is the width of the potential well?

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01:04

Problem 45

An electron in a one-dimensional infinite potential well of length $L$ has ground-state energy $E_{1}$. The length is changed to $L^{\prime}$ so that the new ground-state energy is $E_{1}^{\prime}=0.500 E_{1}$. What is the ratio $L^{\prime} / L ?$

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04:01

Problem 46

Figure $39-28$ shows a two-dimensional, infinite-potential well lying in an $x y$ plane that contains an electron. We probe for the electron along a line that bisects $L_{x}$ and find three points at which the detection probability is maximum.
Those points are separated by $2.00 \mathrm{~nm}$. Then we probe along a line that bisects $L_{y}$ and find five points at which the detection probability is maximum. Those points are separated by $3.00 \mathrm{~nm}$. What is the energy of the electron?

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01:32

Problem 47

Consider an atomic nucleus to be equivalent to a onedimensional infinite potential well with $L=1.4 \times 10^{-14} \mathrm{~m}$, a typical nuclear diameter. What would be the ground-state energy of an electron if it were trapped in such a potential well? (Note: Nuclei do not contain electrons.)

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04:33

Problem 48

An electron, trapped in a one-dimensional infinite potential well $250 \mathrm{pm}$ wide, is in its ground state. How much energy must it absorb if it is to jump up to the state with $n=5 ?$

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14:38

Problem 49

An electron (mass $m$ ) is contained in a cubical box of widths $L_{x}=L_{y}=L_{z}$. (a) How many different frequencies of light could the electron emit or absorb if it makes a transition between a pair of the lowest five energy levels? What multiple of $h / 8 m L^{2}$ gives the (b) lowest, (c) second lowest, (d) third lowest, (e) highest, (f) second highest, and $(\mathrm{g})$ third highest frequency?

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01:41

Problem 50

What is the energy $E$ of the hydrogen-atom electron whose probability density is represented by the dot plot of Fig. $39-21 ?$
(b) What minimum energy is needed to remove this electron from the atom?

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03:22

Problem 51

Figure $39-29 a$ shows the energy-level diagram for a finite, one-dimensional energy well that contains an electron. The nonquantized region begins at $E_{4}=450.0$ eV. Figure $39-29 b$ gives the absorption spectrum of the electron when it is in the ground state-it can absorb at the indicated wavelengths: $\lambda_{a}=14.588 \mathrm{~nm}$ and $\lambda_{b}=4.8437 \mathrm{~nm}$ and for any wavelength less than $\lambda_{c}=2.9108 \mathrm{~nm}$. What is the energy of the first excited state?

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01:40

Problem 52

What is the ground-state energy of (a) an electron and (b) a proton if each is trapped in a one-dimensional infinite potential well that is $300 \mathrm{pm}$ wide?

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01:09

Problem 53

What must be the width of a one-dimensional infinite potential well if an electron trapped in it in the $n=3$ state is to have an energy of $4.7 \mathrm{eV}$ ?

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04:32

Problem 54

An electron is trapped in a one-dimensional infinite well of width $200 \mathrm{pm}$ and is in its ground state. What are the (a) longest, (b) second longest, and (c) third longest wavelengths of light that can excite the electron from the ground state via a single photon absorption?

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14:16

Problem 55

An electron (mass $m$ ) is contained in a rectangular corral of widths $L_{x}=L$ and $L_{y}=2 L$. (a) How many different frequencies of light could the electron emit or absorb if it makes a transition between a pair of the lowest five energy levels? What multiple of $h / 8 m L^{2}$ gives the (b) lowest, (c) second lowest, (d) third lowest, (e) highest, (f) second highest, and (g) third highest frequency?

Khoobchandra Agrawal
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