ee7klt
Nov1-04, 09:19 PM
hi,
if we have a potential of the form V(x) = a|x|, how would one go about estimating the ground state energy of the system using the heisenberg uncertainty principle?
I suppose the thing to do is to get an estimate of delta x, then get delta p via the heisenberg uncertainty principle and the E = delta p^2/2m but the particle could be anywhere on the real axis since the potential is finite on the interval (-inf,inf)!
any hint much appreciated
if we have a potential of the form V(x) = a|x|, how would one go about estimating the ground state energy of the system using the heisenberg uncertainty principle?
I suppose the thing to do is to get an estimate of delta x, then get delta p via the heisenberg uncertainty principle and the E = delta p^2/2m but the particle could be anywhere on the real axis since the potential is finite on the interval (-inf,inf)!
any hint much appreciated