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1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Physics Department Physics 8.32 Fall 2006 Quantum Theory I October 9, 2006 Assignment 6 Due October 20, 2006 Announcements There will be a makeup lecture on Friday, October 3, from 2:30 2:00pm in The 8.32 midterm exam will take place in class on October 3 (Hallowe en). It will be an hour and a half exam. Here s some information about the schedule for the rest of the term: As previously announced, there will be additional makeup lectures on Nov. 3 and 7. There will be no lecture on Tuesday, Nov. 2 (the Tuesday before Thanksgiving). There will be no lecture on Thursday, Nov. 30. Problem set will be distributed on Nov. 3 and due on Dec.. The last problem set, # 2, will be distributed on Nov. 27, and due Dec. 8. Reading topics for this period Harmonic oscillator; coherent states; energy-time uncertainty relation; the propagator. Reading Recommendations 6 The harmonic oscillator is discussed in almost every textbook. Sakurai 2.3; Shankar 7; and Gottfried & Yan 4.2. Coherent states are (for some unknown reason) completely omitted from Sakurai. They are discussed in Gottfried & Yan 4.2(d). Coherent states are also discussed in the 8.32 lecture notes on time evolution in quantum mechanics (posted on the website). The propagator in quantum mechanics is discussed in Sakurai 2.5 (which continues on to derive the path integral next week s subject in 8.32); similar material is covered in Gottfried & Yan 2.6.
2 MIT 8.32 Quantum Theory I Fall Problem Set 6 Topics covered in the problems Two state systems in isolation and in a time dependent external field. The harmonic oscillator: two dimensions. The harmonic oscillator: ladder operator algebra.. Benzene A Two State System Benzene is a cyclic hydrocarbon with composition C 6 H 6. The six carbon atoms are arranged in a ring with alternating single and double bonds. Each carbon has a single hydrogen attached to it. There are two distinct arrangements of the single and double bonds as shown in the figure below (the hydrogen bonds are not shown). Call these states A and B ( and ) denote an arbitrary state as ψ = ψ A A + ψ B B, or for ψa simplicity ψ ψ B A B Figure : A cartoon of the benzene molecule We will ignore any electronic, vibrational, or rotational excitation of the benzene molecule, and concentrate on the dynamics of A and B. The expectations of the Hamiltonian in the states A and B are equal: A Ĥ A = B Ĥ B = E 0. It is an experimental fact that a molecule prepared in the state A, will after a short time t, have a small amplitude proportional to t, to be found in the state B. Suppose this amplitude is ic t (to first order in t), where c is a real, positive constant. (a) Write the (2 2 matrix) Hamiltonian describing the benzene molecule two state system in the AB basis. (b) Find the eigenstates and eigenenergies of the benzene molecule. ( ) cos θ (c) Suppose a molecule is initially in the state ψ(0) = (in the AB basis) at sinθ time t=0. What is the expectation value of its energy? What is the probability that a measurement of its energy would yield the lower of the two eigenvalues you found in part (b)? Is this probability time dependent?
3 MIT 8.32 Quantum Theory I Fall (d) Suppose a molecule is prepared in the B state at time t = 0. What is the probability that it will be measured to be in the A state as a function of time. Graph your answer. 2. Two Dimensional Harmonic Oscillator Consider a particle moving in two dimensions, bound in a harmonic potential, V ( X) = 2 mω2 X 2. (a) Introduce operators a and a 2 (define them in terms of X and P) and show that the Hamiltonian can be written H = ω(a a + a 2 a 2 + ) (b) Show that any operator of the form a i a j (i,j =,2) commutes with H. So there are four Hermitian combinations of a i a j that commute with the Hamiltonian. They can be diagonalized along with H and are therefore observable attributes of energy eigenstates. The aim of this problem is to interpret them. To enumerate them is convenient to define a two component vector ( ) a a = and consider the operators A a σa, where σ are the Pauli matrices. (c) Which is of the A k is related to the angular momentum L = x p? (d) Apparently L and H can be simultaneously diagonalized. Write their eigenstates as polynomials in a and a 2 (acting on the ground state 0 ) for E = 2 ω and E = 3 ω. (e) So far we have a physical interpretation of only one of the operators A k, the one associated with L. Show that the other two are proportional to components of the operator Q ij defined by a 2 Q ij = 2m P ip j + mω2 2 X ix j, i,j =,2 Clearly the trace of Q ij is the Hamiltonian, and it is symmetric. So the parts of Q that still need interpretation are Q Q 22 and Q 2 = Q 2. To gain insight, let s study the dynamical variable Q ij classically. (f) The general solution to the classical oscillator is an ellipse. First assume that the ellipse is aligned with respect to the x y axes: X x(t) = ξ cos ωt X 2 y(t) = η sinωt ()
4 MIT 8.32 Quantum Theory I Fall ξ and 2η are the lengths of the axes of the ellipse. Now rotate the ellipse by an angle θ so that it is no longer oriented in a special direction. Show that the classical trajectory is now x(t) = ξ cos θ cos ωt η sinθ sin ωt y(t) = η cos θ sin ωt + ξ sinθ cos ωt (2) Show by explicit construction that Q ij is time independent, and that the components depend on the lengths and directions of the symmetry axes of the ellipse. The fact that the orientation of the orbit of an oscillator is a constant of the classical motion is a signal of a dynamical symmetry that we ll study further in section 3 of the course. 3. Time Dependent Perturbation of a Two-State System I won t have time in lecture to cover one of the important features of a two state system: the response to a time dependent potential of the form V cos ωt and ω E (where E is the splitting between the two levels). This problem is discussed and solved using the interaction (Dirac) picture of time evolution in Sakurai s 5.5. Please read that section of Sakurai carefully. Then Consider the Hamiltonian given in Sakura s eq. (5.5.8), however use a more realistic time dependent perturbation, instead of Sakurai s choice. V (t) = cos ωt( ) Starting from the time dependent Schrödinger equation in the Schrödinger picture, derive Rabi s formula, eq. (5.5.2a) in Sakurai, for the population of the state that is initially unoccupied at t = 0. Be sure to state clearly what approximations you make (Sakurai s choice yields Rabi s formula as an exact result.). 4. Harmonic Oscillator Algebra The operators a and a obey the simplest, non-trivial commutation relation, [a,a ] =. This makes it possible to evaluate many important matrix elements without resorting to integrals over coordinate space wavefunctions (which are products of Gaussians and Hermite polynomials). (a) Suppose you wanted to normal order [a n,a m ], which means writing it in a form where all raising operators are to the left of all lowering operators, kl c kla k a l. Explain how this is related to the problem of computing d n dz n (zm f(z)) z mdn f dz n for an arbitrary function, f(z), which is not a polynomial of order less than n. Use this relationship to compute [a,a m ] and [a 2,a m ]. [Hint: Remember that p i d/dx in coordinate representation.]
5 MIT 8.32 Quantum Theory I Fall (b) Suppose a harmonic oscillator in its ground state is perturbed by a non-linearity of the form V (x) = λx n, where n is an even integer. Show that 0 V 0 is proportional to dn dz e n z2 /2 z=0. Use this to evaluate the expectation value of λx 4 and λx 6. [Hint: Remember the Baker-Campbell-Hausdorff Lemma, e A e B = e A+B e 2 C, if C = [A,B] is a c-number.] 5. Properties of a Coherent State [The operator identities derived in Problem Set 2 will come in handy for this problem.] This problem is all about the coherent state of the one dimensional harmonic oscillator, H = p2 2m + 2 mω2 x 2, that is defined as follows, x 0 = e ipx 0/ 0 where 0 is the harmonic oscillator ground state. (a) Show that x 0 H x 0 = 2 mω2 x ω (b) Show that x 0 is a minimum uncertainty state with X 2 = /2mω and P 2 = mω /2 and that it remains a minimum uncertainty state at future times with the same variance in both P and X. (c) Show that x 0 is a special case of the general coherent state, x 0 = N z where N is a normalization constant and z = e a z 0. Find both N and z.
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