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The document provides instructions for students taking an online examination. It specifies the details students must write on the first page of their answer scripts, including date, time, roll number, etc. It also provides formatting guidelines for submitting answer sheets, such as scanning all sheets into a single PDF file named according to a specific convention. The document instructs students to include an undertaking of honesty in their scripts and provides examples of file naming and email subject lines for submitting answer sheets.

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Instructions for Students

Students are required to write the following details on the first page of their answer scripts:
1) Date and Time of Examination (DD/MM/YYYY; HRS: MINS):
2) Examination Roll Number:
3) Year and Semester:
4) Unique Paper Code (UPC):
5) Title of the Paper & Code:
6) Email address of the Student:
7) Mobile number of the Student:
8) Mobile number of the Student

Students shall be required to submit an undertaking of not having used any unfair means in taking the
examination. Students should write the undertaking on the first page of their answer script as:
“It is submitted that I, ………………………………, have not used any unfair means in
taking this examination”.
(Signature)

 Each student must upload ONLY ONE PDF file (containing all the answers) per exam.
प्रत्येक छात्र को प्रति परीक्षा केवल एक पीडीएफ फाइल (सभी उत्िरों से यक् ु ि) अपलोड करनी होगी।
 Avoid scanning the answer sheets into jpg/tiff/png files and then converting them into pdf format (which increases
the file size)
उत्िर पस्ु तिकाओं को jpg / tiff / png फाइलों में तकैन करने से बचें (स्िससे फाइल का आकार बढ़ िािा
है )
 All answer sheets should be scanned properly and combined into a single PDF file and named in the following
manner:
Rollnumber_Student_Name_course_code
For example, Vikram Verma with roll number 12345 is writing the classical mechanics paper (course code is PH-
CT401), then the file name should be
12345_VikramVerma_PH-CT401
सभी उत्िर पस्ु तिकाओं को ठीक से तकैन करके एक एकल पीडीएफ फाइल में िोडा िाना चाहहए और तनम्नललखिि
िरीके से नालमि ककया िाना चाहहए:
रोल नंबर_तटूडेंट का_नाम_कोसस_कोड
उदाहरण के ललए, ववक्रम वमास रोल नंबर 12345 के साथ classical mechanics पेपर ललि रहा है (पाठ्यक्रम
कोड PH-CT401 है ), िो फाइल नाम होना चाहहए
12345_VikramVerma_PH-CT401
 While sending the answer sheet file via email, the subject field/line should contain the following information.
12345_VikramVerma_PH-CT401 answer sheet attached
ईमेल के माध्यम से उत्िर पस्ु तिका फाइल भेििे समय, ववषय क्षेत्र / लाइन में तनम्नललखिि िानकारी होनी
चाहहए।
12345_VikramVerma_PH-CT401 उत्िर पस्ु तिका संलग्न
M. Sc. (Physics and Astrophysics) Semester-I
Quantum Mechanics - I
December 2020
Paper Number: PH-CT 402 Unique Paper Code: 222201102

Time : 3+1 Hour Maximum Marks : 70


Attempt any four out of six questions. Symbols have their usual meanings.

1. (i) Consider the following Hamiltonian


2

2m 2 ( a )
p2 1 x2
!H = + k x− 2 .

a. How can you find the energy of the ground state? [3.5]
b. Calculate ! < n | H | n > , where |! n > is the n! th state of the simple harmonic
oscillator. [8]
i ax 2
(ii) Calculate [e
! , p ] where a
! is a real number with dimensions of length. [4]
(iii) Consider the following operators:
d
!Aψ (x) = ψ (x), B ψ (x) = x 2 ψ (x) .
dx
Which of the operators A
! and B
! are linear? Which of them are Hermitian? Justify your answer with
mathematical expressions. [2]

2. A physical system is described by the following Hamiltonian:


1 0 0
(0 0 2)
H
! = ℏω 0 2 0 .

The system has two observables P


! and Q! represented by
0 a 0 2b 0 0
(0 0 2a)
P
! = ℏω a 0 0 , Q = ℏω 0 0 b
0 b 0
where a! and !b are real numbers. Consider the system in the following state:
v! = k1u1 + k 2u 2 + k 3u3, where k! 1, k 2 and k! 3 are complex constants and
1 0 0
(0) (0) ( )
! 1=
u 0 , u 2 = 1 , u3 = 0 .
1
(i) Normalize the state v! . [1.5]
(ii) What are the expectation value of H ! ,P
! , and Q
! when the system is in the state v
! ? [3]
(iii) Out of the observables !H, !P, and !Q, which quantities can be measured simultaneously? [4]
(iv) What are the possible outcomes of individual measurements of H ! ,P! , and Q
! ? [3]
(v) Calculate the probabilities of finding these all possible outcomes after the individual
measurements of H ! ,P! , and Q
! ? [6]

3. (i) The Hamiltonian for an axially symmetric rotator is given as


Lx2 + L y2 Lz2
! =
H + .
2Ix 2Iz
a. Calculate the eigenvalues of !H. [2.5]
b. Sketch the energy spectrum for the cases I! x > Iz and depict the degeneracies of the
various energy levels for !l = 2. [5]
c. Sketch the energy spectrum for the limiting cases I! x = Iz and I! x > > Iz . How the
degeneracies of the energy levels change in these limiting cases? Depict them on the
energy level diagrams. [6]
2
(ii) If a free particle is in a state with l! = 1 and m
! = − 1, calculate the expectation values of L ! y2,
! x, L
! z2.
and L [4]

4. The wave function for a particle in a spherically symmetric potential is


2 /a 2
! (x, y, z) = A(x y + yz + z x)e −r
ψ
where

(i) Express the above wave function in terms of spherical polar coordinates. [3]
(ii) Expand the above wave function in terms of spherical harmonics. [4.5]
(iii) What is the probability that a measurement of the magnitude of the angular momentum
will yield zero? What is the probability that a measurement of the square of total angular
momentum will yield 6ℏ! 2? [6]
(iv) If a measurement of the angular momentum yields l! = 2, find the probabilities for getting
m
! = 2,1,0, − 1, − 2? [4]

5. (i) In a basis formed by vectors


1 0 0
(0) (0) ( )
u
! 1 = 0 , u 2 = 1 , u3 = 0 ,
1
two operators A! and B
! are defined as
!Au1 = u1, Au 2 = 0, Au3 = − u3 and Bu
! 1 = u3, Bu 2 = u 2, Bu3 = u1.
(a) Express A! and !B as matrices in the above basis. [4]
(b) Calculate eigenvalues of !A and B
! . [4]
(c) Can !A and !B have simultaneous eigenvectors? [4]
1
(ii) Consider a system of two particles with j! 1 = 1 and j! 2 = . List all the possible values of
2
! for this system. Express the states ! | JM > in terms of the states
J! = j1 + j2 and its z! component M
! | jm > . [5.5]

6. Consider a particle having wave function

{0,
2α α xe −αx, x > 0,
ψ
! (x) =
x < 0.
2
(i) Calculate the probability density P(x)
! = | ψ (x) | . If P(x)
! is maximum for !x = a, find a
! . [4]
(ii) Find the probability of finding the particle between !x = 0 and x ! = a. [4]
2
(iii) Calculate the expectation values of x
! and x! of the particle. [4]
(iv) Calculate the momentum representation ψ! ( p) of the wave function and find the
expectation values of p
! and p! 2. [5.5]

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