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Chapter 41 Problem 5E

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Problem 5E

A particle is in the three-dimensional cubical box of Section 41.1. For the state nX = 2, nY = 2, nZ = 1, for what planes (in addition to the walls of the box) is the probability distribution function zero? Compare this number of planes to the corresponding number of planes where |ψ|2 is zero for the lower-energy state nX = 2, nY = 1, nZ = 1 and for the ground state nX = 1, nY = 1, nZ = 1.

Solution

Solution 5E

The equation for probability distribution function is given by’

…..(1)

Where,

When ,  and

From equation (1),

The probability distribution function will be zero,

When

If

If

If

The coordinates  are for the walls of the cube.

When , the probability distribution function will also be zero.

Similarly, when

The coordinates

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Title Sears and Zemansky's University Physics with Modern Physics 13 
Author Hugh D. Young; Roger A. Freedman; A. Lewis Ford
ISBN 9780321696861

A particle is in the three-dimensional cubical box of

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