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Advanced Quantum Mechanics

J. J. Sakurai

Chapter 2

The Quantum Theory of Radiation - all with Video Answers

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Chapter Questions

01:33

Problem 1

The annihilation and creation operators of the electron denoted by $b_{\mathrm{ks}}$ and $b_{k r}^{+}$ are expected to satisfy the anticommutation relation
where $t$ characterizes the spin state up $(t)$ or down $(1)$. In the Bardeen-CooperSchrieffer theory of superconductivity, the annihilation and ereation operators for a correlated pair of electrons are defined by
$$
c_{k}=b_{-k_{1}} b_{k 1}, \quad c_{k}^{b}=b_{k+1}^{+} b_{-k 1}^{+}
$$
Show that $\left[c_{k}, c_{k} \cdot\right]=0,\left[c_{k}^{t}, c_{k}^{+}\right]=0$. Evaluate $\left[c_{c}, c_{k}^{+}\right]$.

Dominador Tan
Dominador Tan
Numerade Educator
11:46

Problem 2

Show that the threc independent nonvanishing components of an antisymmetric dyadic
$S_{k}=-i h\left(\epsilon^{u)} e^{(j)}-\epsilon^{())} e^{(1)}\right)$
$\Rightarrow t h\left(\epsilon^{1 k} \times\right)$
satisfy the angular momentum commutation relation
$$
S_{i} \cdot S_{j}-\mathbf{S}_{j} \cdot \mathbf{S}_{i}=i \hbar S_{k}
$$
where $(i j k)$ are cyclic permutations of $(1,2,3)$, and $\epsilon^{(n)}$ is defined by $k /|k| .$ Show also that
$$
\mathbf{S}_{1} \cdot u_{k^{\pm}}=\pm \hbar u_{k \neq+} \quad \sum_{a}^{3}\left(S_{i} \cdot S_{i}\right) u_{k \pm} n=2 h^{2} u_{k \pm}
$$
where
$$
u_{k \pm}=\mp \frac{\epsilon^{(1)}+i \epsilon^{(2)}}{\sqrt{2}} e^{q_{k} \cdot \pi}
$$

Mahnoor Amin
Mahnoor Amin
Numerade Educator
12:01

Problem 3

When quantized, the neutral scalar field can be expanded as follows:
$\phi(\mathrm{x}, t)=\sum_{\mathbf{k}} c \sqrt{\frac{h}{2 \omega} V}\left(a_{k}(t) e^{l_{k} \cdot x}+a_{k}^{*}(t) e^{-i k^{-} x}\right)$
$\omega / c=\sqrt{\mathbf{k}^{2}+(m c / h)^{2}}, \quad a_{k}(t)=a_{k}(0) e^{-1 \omega t}$
$\left[a_{k,} a_{k^{k}}\right]=\left[a_{k}^{\prime}, a_{k}^{\prime} \cdot\right]=0, \quad\left[a_{k}, a_{k}^{t}\right]=\delta_{k k^{\prime}}$
a) Prove the equal-time commutation relation
$$
\left[\phi(x, t), \pi\left(x^{\prime}, t\right)\right]=i h \delta^{(3)}\left(x-x^{\prime}\right)
$$
where
$$
\pi(x, t)=\left(1 / c^{2}\right)(2 \phi / \partial t)
$$
b) Suppose we define the average fieldl operator $\bar{\phi}$ in the neighborhood of the origin by
$$
\bar{\phi}=\left[1 /\left(2 \pi b^{2}\right)^{3 / 2}\right] \int d^{3} x e^{-r^{1} / 2 s^{\prime}} \phi(x, t)
$$
Show that apart from a numerical factor the vacuum expectation value of $(\bar{\phi})^{2}$ is given bv $c h / b^{2}$ orovided $b \ll$ himc.

Amit Srivastava
Amit Srivastava
Numerade Educator
09:37

Problem 4

Consider the photoelcctric effect of the ground state of the hydrogen atom.
a) Using the quantum theory of radiation (as opposed to the semiclassical arguments found in many texts), write the transition matrix element in lowest order.
b) Show that the differential cross section is
$$
\frac{d \sigma}{d \Omega}=32\left(\frac{e^{2}}{4 \pi h c}\right)\left(\frac{\hbar}{m c}\right)\left(\frac{c}{\omega}\right) \frac{1}{\left(\left|k_{f}\right| a_{0}\right)^{3}\left[1-\frac{\sin ^{2} \theta \cos ^{2} \phi}{(v / c)} \cos \theta\right]^{2}}
$$
if the energy of the incident photon is so large that the final-state wave function of the ejected electron can be approximated by a plane wave. The spherical coordinate variables $\theta$ and $\phi$ are defined in such a way that the incident photon momentum and polarization are along the $z$ - and $x$-axes respectively, and $a_{0}$ stands for the Bohr radius.

Sheh Lit Chang
Sheh Lit Chang
University of Washington
03:26

Problem 5

The phenomenological interaction Hamiltonian responsible for the decay of the $\Sigma^{0}$ hyperon $\left(\Sigma^{\circ} \rightarrow \Lambda+\gamma\right)$ located at $x=0$ can be taken as
where $T_{A z}$ is an operator that converts $\Sigma^{\circ}$ into $\Lambda$, leaving the spin state unchanged, and $\kappa$ is a dimensionless constant assumed to be of the order of unity.
a) Show that the angular distribution of the decay is isotropic even when the parent $\Sigma^{0}$ is polarized.
b) Find the mean lifetime (in seconds) for $\kappa=1\left(m_{\mathrm{A}}=1115 \mathrm{MeV} / \mathrm{c}^{2}, m_{\mathrm{z}}=1192\right.$ $\left.\mathrm{MeV} / \mathrm{c}^{z}\right)$

Suzanne W.
Suzanne W.
Numerade Educator
18:43

Problem 6

The metastable $2 s$ state of the hydrogen atom turns into the ground statc by ernitting two photons. The Golden Rule in this case takes the form
$$
d w=\frac{2 \pi}{\hbar}\left|T_{f 1}\right|=\frac{V d^{n} k_{1}}{(2 \pi)^{2}} \frac{V d^{1} k_{2}}{(2 \pi)^{2}} \delta\left(E_{21}-E_{1 y}-\hbar \omega_{1}-h \omega_{7}\right)
$$
for the emission of photons eharacterized by $\left(k_{1}, \alpha_{1}\right)$ and $\left(k_{2}, \alpha_{2}\right) .$ Write out the expression for $T_{f t}$. State explicitly what kind of intermediate states characterized by $(n, l, m)$ give rise to nonvanishing contributions. Simplify your expression as far as you can.

Robert Schnibbe
Robert Schnibbe
Numerade Educator
02:54

Problem 7

Prove that the scattering amplitude of a neutral scalar meson on an infinitely heavy nucleon which has no diserete excited states is zero up to order $g^{2}$ when the interaction density is given by
$$
\mathscr{A}=g \phi(\mathrm{x}, t)^{\delta^{\prime}}\left(\mathrm{x}-\mathrm{x}^{\prime}\right), \quad \mathrm{x}^{\prime}=\text { position of the nucleon. }
$$

Jacob Schulze
Jacob Schulze
Numerade Educator
03:33

Problem 8

A stable, spinless nucleus $A$ of even parity has a spin-one, odd-parity excited state $R$ whose only significant decay inode is $R \rightarrow A+\gamma$.
a) Assuming that excitations to intermediate states other than $R$ are unimportant and ignoring the nuclear Thomson term (due to $\mathrm{A} \cdot \mathrm{A}$ ), show that the differential and total scattering cross sections of a \gamma-ray by the ground state $A$ are given by
$\sigma_{\mathrm{tot}}=\frac{3}{2}\left(4 x \times{ }^{2}\right) \frac{\left(\Gamma_{N}^{2} / 4\right)}{\left(E_{k}-E_{1}-h \omega\right)^{2}+\left(\Gamma_{L}^{t} / 4\right)}$,
where $X=c / \omega$. (The second formula can be generalized to resonance scattering involving any multipole transition if we replace $3 / 2$ by $\left(2 I_{k}+1\right)\left[2\left(2 t_{i}+1\right)\right]$.)
b) Verify that the above expression for the total cross sectionn is equal to $4 \pi(c / \omega) \operatorname{Im} f(\omega) .$
c) The nucleus $C^{\prime 4}$ whose ground state is known to be a $0^{+}$state has an excited $1^{-}$state (denoted by $\left.C^{14 *}\right) 6.1 \mathrm{MeV}$ above the ground state. The only decay mode of $C^{11 *}$ is known to be $C^{U}+\gamma$. Gompute the total cross section at exact resonance and compare it with the cross section for nuclear Thomson scattering due to the $C^{14}$ nucleus as a whole.

Chai Santi
Chai Santi
Numerade Educator
10:03

Problem 9

Assuming that $f(\omega)$ for the scattering of a high-energy photon by the hydrogen atom is given by the Thomson amplitude, derive the sum rule
$$
2 \pi^{2} c r_{0}=\int_{0}^{\infty} \sigma_{\operatorname{tt}}(\omega) d \omega
$$
Show that within the framework of the approximations made in this chapter, the above sum rule is equivalent to the well-known Thomas-Reiche-Kuhn sum rule:t
$$
\sum_{i} \frac{2 m \omega_{14}}{h}\left|\mathbf{x}_{\ell A}\right|^{2}=3
$$

Ren Jie Tuieng
Ren Jie Tuieng
Numerade Educator
03:24

Problem 10

Assuming the validity of perturbation theory, use the fixed-source neutral scalar theory of Problen $2-7$ to obtain an expression for the probability of finding one virtual meson of energy $<\hbar \omega^{(\operatorname{liax})}$ around the nucleon.

Katie Mcalpine
Katie Mcalpine
Numerade Educator
00:21

Problem 11

Why is it legitimate to ignore Fig. $2-7(\mathrm{a})$ in estimating the Lamb shift?

Amy Jiang
Amy Jiang
Numerade Educator