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P182 Practice Problems

The document considers the time-independent Schrodinger equation and assumes the wavefunction ψ(r,t) can be separated into spatial and temporal components Ψ(r) and φ(t). After substituting the separated form into the Schrodinger equation and equating terms dependent on r and t, it arrives at two new equations - one involving only φ(t) and the other only Ψ(r). Setting each side of the separated equations equal to a constant E yields an expression for the potential V(r) in terms of E, ħ, m, and Ψ(r).

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P182 Practice Problems

The document considers the time-independent Schrodinger equation and assumes the wavefunction ψ(r,t) can be separated into spatial and temporal components Ψ(r) and φ(t). After substituting the separated form into the Schrodinger equation and equating terms dependent on r and t, it arrives at two new equations - one involving only φ(t) and the other only Ψ(r). Setting each side of the separated equations equal to a constant E yields an expression for the potential V(r) in terms of E, ħ, m, and Ψ(r).

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Consider the S.

E time independent
2
∂ −ℏ 2
iℏ ψ= ∇ ψ +V ( r ) ψ
∂t 2m
We assume the ψ to be separable s.t.

ψ ( r ,t )=Ψ ( r ) ϕ (t )
Then
2
∂ −ℏ 2
iℏ ψ= ∇ ψ +V ( r ) ψ
∂t 2m
2
∂ ( ) −ℏ 2 ( )
iℏ Ψ r ϕ (t)= ∇ Ψ r ϕ (t)+V ( r ) Ψ ( r ) ϕ(t )
∂t 2m

[ ]
2
∂ ( ) ( ) −ℏ 1 ∂ 2 ∂
iℏ Ψ r ϕt= r ( Ψ ( r ) ϕ (t)) + V ( r ) Ψ ( r ) ϕ (t )
∂t 2m r 2 ∂ r ∂ r

[ [
−ℏ ϕ ( t ) ∂ 2 ∂
[ ]] ]
2
∂ 1
iℏ Ψ ( r ) ϕ ( t )= r +V ( r ) Ψ ( r ) ϕ ( t )
∂t 2
2m r ∂r ∂r ϕ ( t ) Ψ (r)

We separate the variables

[ ]
∂
ϕ (t)
[ ]
2
∂t −ℏ 1 ∂ 2
iℏ = r ( Ψ ( r ) ) +V ( r )
ϕ (t) 2
2 m r Ψ (r ) ∂ r

Since they are totally dependent on each other, we can equate each side to a constant.

∂
ϕ(t )
∂t
iℏ =E
ϕ (t )

[ ]
2
−ℏ 1 ∂ 2 ( )
2
r ( Ψ r ) +V ( r )=E
2 m r Ψ (r ) ∂ r

From this we can obtain an expression for V (r )

[ ]
2
−ℏ 1 ∂ 2 ( )
2
r ( Ψ r ) +V (r)=E
2 m r Ψ (r ) ∂ r
[ ]
2
ℏ 1 ∂ 2 ( )
V ( r )=E+ r (Ψ r )
2 m r2 Ψ ( r ) ∂ r

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