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I am currently taking a modern physics course, and we have a take home quiz. I am not savvy in physics at all, much less quantam mechanics, so any and all help is greatly appreciated. My question is:
Explain what is the difference in terms of energy between the ground states of rigid rotors and of harmonic oscillators?
All i can deduce is that because the quantum number L is equal to zero, then E(0)=0 and the lowest ground state for rotation=0. While the lowest ground state for a simple harmonic oscillator is at v(0) and it never touches E(0).
Oh and by the way this isn't the last question I will probably post, because this is a 20 question take home quiz.
Thanks again
Explain what is the difference in terms of energy between the ground states of rigid rotors and of harmonic oscillators?
All i can deduce is that because the quantum number L is equal to zero, then E(0)=0 and the lowest ground state for rotation=0. While the lowest ground state for a simple harmonic oscillator is at v(0) and it never touches E(0).
Oh and by the way this isn't the last question I will probably post, because this is a 20 question take home quiz.
Thanks again