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a+1/2).
(a) What is the old ground state wave function x| in terms of and m.
(b) Find the probability that a measurement will nd the particle in the ground
state of the new harmonic oscillator.
(c) What linear combination of the operators x and p annihilates the state |?
Call that linear combination
b. Thus,
b| = 0. Hint, what is the lowering
operator of the old oscillator?
(d) Write
b in terms of raising and lowering operators a
and a.
(e) Label the states of the new oscillator as |n, and its energies as E
n
. What
is the probability that the particle will be measured to have energy E
1
? E
2
?
To compute these, use 0|
b| = 0 and 1|
x < 0
0 0 < x < a
V
0
(x/a 1) x > a
(a) Sketch an estimate of the solution to the Schr odinger equation based solely on
the qualitative features of the potential.
(b) Use the WKB approximation to obtain an approximate expression for bound
state energies.
(c) Check your result by comparing the appropriate limit of it to the bound state
energies for the innite square well potential.
4. (30 points) A particle of mass m is in the ground state | of a one-dimensional
harmonic oscillator potential when the potential suddenly shifts its position by an
amount . The result is a harmonic oscillator,
H = h( a
T()|0, with
T() = e
i p/h
. Write the translation operator in terms of
raising and lowering operators.
(c) Find
a,
T()
and
,
T()