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The document provides an assignment with a last submission date of October 5, 2017. It contains 6 questions covering topics like the Bohr theory of hydrogen, orientations of total angular momentum, Sommerfeld elliptical orbits, phase and group velocities of ripples on liquid surfaces, normalization of wavefunctions, and eigenfunctions and eigenvalues of the Laplacian operator. Students are asked to solve problems related to quantum mechanics, waves, and operators.

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Assignment 3

The document provides an assignment with a last submission date of October 5, 2017. It contains 6 questions covering topics like the Bohr theory of hydrogen, orientations of total angular momentum, Sommerfeld elliptical orbits, phase and group velocities of ripples on liquid surfaces, normalization of wavefunctions, and eigenfunctions and eigenvalues of the Laplacian operator. Students are asked to solve problems related to quantum mechanics, waves, and operators.

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Assignment 3

Last date for submission: 5 -10-2017.

1. According to Bohr theory, how many revolutions will an electron make in the first excited
state of hydrogen if life time in that state is 10 -8 s.
2. Calculate the possible orientations of the total angular momentum vector, Pψ, corresponding
to the azimuthal quantum number k=3.
3. Draw sommerfeld elliptical orbits corresponding to n=1, 2 and 3 for hydrogen, He+1 and
Li+2.

√
4. The phase velocity of ripples on a liquid surface is
2 πS
,
λρ where S is surface tension and
ρ is density of the liquid. Find group velocity of the ripples.

5. The wavefunction of a particle is ψ= A cos2 x for −π/2< x <π /2 . (a) Find the value of
A. (b) Find probability that particle be found between x=0 and x=π /4 .
2
d
6. An eigenfunction of the operator is sin nx, where n = 1, 2, 3.... . Find the
dx2
corresponding eigen values.

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