Quantum Mechanics : PHL502/PH502

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Values of some universal constants (if required)

Planck constant h = 6.62 × 10−34 m2 Kg/s , speed of light c = 3 × 108 m/s
electron mass me = 9.1 × 10−31 Kg , proton mass mp = 1.6 × 10−27 Kg ,
Length scales 1 f m = 10−5 Å = 10−6 nm = 10−15 m
1eV = 1.6 × 10−19 Jule, Boltzmann constant K = 1.38 × 10−23 m2 Kg/s2 /0 K

1. If Aluminium (Al) is used as the material for the photoelectric effect with
incident light of wavelength 415nm, what is the stopping potential needed
to stop the current in the phototube? Take the work function of Al to be
4.28eV.
(a) 1.3 V
(b) 1.78 V
(c) 0 V
(d) -1.3 V
(e) none of the above
2. In a Compton Scattering experiment, one incident X-ray photon of wave-
length 0.13Å is scattered by an electron with a scattering angle of 120◦ .
What is the energy of the scattered photon?
(a) 95.4 KeV

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 (b) 186.3 KeV
(c) 72.8 KeV
(d) 83.7 KeV
(e) none of the above
3. In a Compton Scattering experiment, one incident X-ray photon of wave-
length λ = 0.15Å is scattered by an electron with a scattering angle of
ϕ =60◦ . The tan of the angle the recoiled electron makes with the inci-
dent X-ray direction is tanθ = cotϕ/2 h
1+α , α = me cλ . Which of the following
is true?
(a) tanθ =0.5
(b) tanθ =10.7
(c) tanθ =1.5
(d)tanθ =3.5
(e) none of the above
4. Let us assume that there are two protons of the same energy, one of which
is in the ground state of a harmonic oscillator potential with frequency
ω = 49 × 1013 Hz, and another on the ground state of an infinite 1D
potential box with length L. Then which of the following is true?
(a) L = 0.45Å
(b) L = 3.6Å
(c) L = 1.8Å
(d) L = 0.91Å
(e) none of the above
5. In the photo-electric effect, stopping potentials are the same for incident
light with
(a) different frequencies but the same intensities
(b) different intensities and different frequencies
(c) different intensities but the same frequencies
(d) same intensities but different wavelengths
(e) none of the above
6. In photo-electric effect, stopping potentials vs frequency curve, its slope
will be Planck’s constant if
(a) one divides the slope by the electric charge
(b) one divides the slope by electron mass
(c) one multiply the slope by electric charge by threshold frequency
(d) one multiplies the slope by the electric charge
(e) none of the above
h
7. Based on the calculation Compton wavelength of electron λc = mc in
meter, which rays will be the best to show the Compton effect?
(a) Radio wave (λ > 10−3 m)
(b) Microwave (λ = 10−3 − 10−6 m)
(c) Ultra-violet ray (λ = 10−7 − 10−9 m)
(d) X-ray (λ = 10−9 − 10−12 m).
(e) none of the above
h
8. In terms of Compton length λc = mc = 0.024Å, Compton shift ∆λ follow
the inequality

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 (a)0 ≤ ∆λ ≤ 0.024Å
(b) 0.024Å ≤ ∆λ ≤ 0.048Å
(c) 0 ≤ ∆λ ≤ 0.048Å
(d) 0 < ∆λ < 0.048Å
(e) none of the above
9. Group velocity of matter wave is vgr , particle velocity is vpart and c is
speed of light, then which relations, given below is not true
(a)vgr < c
(b) vpart < c
(c) vpart < vgr
(d) vpart = vgr
(e) none of the above
10. Group velocity vgr = dE
dp and phase velocity vph =
E
p of relativistic particle
p
2 2 2
with E = p c + m0 c4 follow the relation
v2
(a)vgr = ph
c
(b) vgr = c
v
(c) vgr = cph
2
c2
(d) vgr = vph
(e) none of the above
11. Matter-wave of the electron, accelerated by 102 order voltage, is basically
(a) Radio Wave
(b) visible Ray
(c) X-Ray
(d) sound wave
(e) none of the above
12. Compton wavelength and de-Broglie wavelength of an electron can be the
same when
(a) electron is at rest
(b) electron move with non-relativistic speed
(c) electron’s velocity reaches the speed of light√
i.e., v = c
(d) electron move with relativistic speed v = c/ 2
(e) none of the above
13. The recoil momentum of an atom is pA when it emits an infrared photon
of wavelength 1500 nm, and it is pB when it emits a photon of visible
wavelength 500 nm. What is the ratio pA /pB ?
(a) 1 : 3
(b) 1 : 5
(c) 3 : 1
(d) 5 : 1
(e) none of the above
14. Which statement is wrong for a red (λ = 7000Å) laser source?
(a) That source can not be considered a black body.
(b) all red photons carry the same energy (E ≈ 1.8 eV).
(c) photoelectric effect for the sample with a work function of less than 1
eV is possible by using that laser source.

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 (d) one red photon energy is sufficient to be converted into an electron by
following Einstein’s E = mc2 relation.
(e) none of the above
15. Which statement is wrong if we compare the infinite potential box problem
with the picture - a student is confined in a classroom?
(a) the student and particle both can have matter waves.
(b) the student and particle both will follow Schrodinger’s equation.
(c) quantum aspect can be noticed more in the particle than the student.
(d) quantum aspect can be noticed more in the student than the particle.
(e) none of the above.
2 2
∂ ψ
16. Using Schrodinger equation −h̄
2m ∂x2 + V ψ = Eψ, solve 1D potential box
problem, whose V (x) = 0, (for 0 < x < a) and ∞ elsewhere. When we put
boundary conditions ψ(x = 0) = ψ(x = √ a) = 0 on the guess wave-function
ψ = A Sin(kx) + B Cos(kx) with k = 2mE/h̄, then we will get
(a) ψn = B Cos(kn x) with kn = nπ/a
(b) ψn = A Cos(kn x) with kn = nπ/a
(c) ψn = B Sin(kn x) with kn = nπ/a
(d) ψn = A Sin(kn x) with kn = nπ/a
(e) none of the above.
17. After putting normalization condition |ψn |2 dx = 1 on the wave function
R

of the
q earlier question, we can find the unknown constant as
2
(a)
qa
1
(b) a
(c) a2
(d) a2
(e) none of the above.
18. It was Max Born who discover the physical meaning of wave function
ψ(x, t) of a particle as
(a) ψ(x, t) = probability of finding the particle at the position x and at
time t.
(b) |ψ(x, t)|2 = probability of finding the particle at the position x and at
time t.
(c) ψ(x, t) = probability density of finding the particle at the position x
and at time t.
(d) |ψ(x, t)|2 = probability density of finding the particle at the position
x and at time t.
(e) none of the above.
19. Stationary state system in quantum mechanics is understood as a sys-
tem having time independent probability i.e., |ψ(x, t)|2 does not have any
time t dependency. So example of stationary 1D box will be ψ(x, t) =
A Sin(kx)e−iEt/h̄ , where
(a) E will be a real number
(b) E will be an imaginary number
(c) E will be a complex number
(d) E will be zero
(e) none of the above.

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20. The energy and momentum operators are
∂ ∂
(a) Ê = ih̄ ∂x , p̂ = −ih̄ ∂x
∂ ∂
(b) Ê = ih̄ ∂t , p̂ = −ih̄ ∂t
h̄ ∂ h̄ ∂
(c) Ê = − i ∂t , p̂ = i ∂x
(d) Ê = h̄i ∂t
∂
, p̂ = − h̄i ∂x
∂

(e) none of the above.

 
21. The energy and momentum eigenvalues for wave function ψn (x, t) = A sin nπx
L e−iEn t/h̄
p2n
for 0 < x < L are pn and En , where En = 2m
2 2 2
(a) En = h̄L2n8mπ
, pn = h̄nπ
2L
2 2
(b) En = Lh2 8m
n
, pn = hn
2L
2 2
(c) En = Lh2 2m
n
, pn = hnL
2 2
(d) En = nh2 8m
L
, pn = hL2n
(e) none of the above.
22. For 1D potential problem (above mentioned) energy and momentum of
n = 4 state is a and b times larger than those of n = 3 state. The values
of a, b are
(a) a = 43 , b = 16
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(b) a = 169 , b= 3
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(c) a = 16, b = 4
2
(d) a = 16h̄ 4h̄
9L2 , b = 3L
(e) none of the above.
23. For square potential barrier problem, V (x) = V0 for 0 < x < a and else
V (x) = 0, the expression of transmission coefficients/tunneling probability
is
16E(V0 − E)e−2αa 2m(V0 − E)
T = 2 , α2 = . (1)
V0 h̄2
Using Eq. (1), the values (order of magnitude) of ‘a’ for electron with
energy E = 1 eV, which has a probability T = 10−3 for tunneling a
potential barrier V0 = 2 eV, will be
(a) a = 10−5 -10−6 m
(b) a = 10−9 -10−10 m
(c) a = 10−11 -10−12 m
(d) a = 10−14 -10−15 m
(e) none of the above.
24. Which statement is true for classical but not true for quantum harmonic
oscillator?
(a) Total energy will be discrete,
(b) Total energy will be continuous,
(c) Total energy changes with the frequency of the oscillator,
(d) Total energy is independent of x (position).
(e) none of the above.
25. The amplitude a of quantum harmonic oscillator with mass m for ground
state energy E = 21 h̄ω will be
h̄
(a) a = mc

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(b) a = ω
q
h̄
(c) a = mω
(d) a = 0
(e) none of the above.
26. For fixed values
 ofω, m of harmonic oscillator, quantum energy expres-
sion En = n + 12 h̄ω roughly describe the classical picture of harmonic
oscillator, when
(a) n = 0
(b) n > 0 but small
(c) n is quite large
(d) n < 0
(e) none of the above.
27. Similarity between wave equation for Light/Sound and matter-wave is
both have
(a) single time derivative
(b) double time derivative
(c) single space derivative
(d) double space derivative
(e) none of the above.

28. Commutation of position operator x̂ ≡ x and momentum operator p̂ ≡

∂
−ih̄ ∂x is defined as [x̂, p̂] = x̂p̂ − p̂x̂. Then [p̂, x̂] =?
(a) +ih̄
(b) −ih̄
(c) +ih
(d) −ih
(e) none of the above.
29. Using the correct answer of earlier question, derive the commutation re-
lation between lowering operator â = Ax̂2 + iB p̂2 raising operator b̂ =
 1/2  1/2
Ax̂2 − iB p̂2 [with A = mω
2h̄ and B = 2h̄mω1
] as
(a) [â, b̂] = +1
(b) [â, b̂] = −1
(c) [â, b̂] = +i
(d) [â, b̂] = −i
(e) none of the above.
14h2
30. The degeneracy of the state having energy 8mL2 for a particle in a 3D-
cubic box of length L is
(a) 5
(b) 6
(c) 7
(d) 8
(e) none of the above.