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    Quantum physics, particle in a circle

    The particle is moving in a circle. Think about the gravitational potential in a circular orbit centered on a mass, is it not the same everywhere? And if the potential is constant, with reference to what? You can safely set V = 0. Energy: Use your Hamiltonian (derive twice, set H\psi = E\psi...
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    Quantum physics, particle in a circle

    Angular momentum: I believe you should have shown in b) that the stationary wavefunction is a eigenfunction for the angular momentum operator. Your eigenvalue should contain your quantization number k. Energy: Use the hamiltonian operator on the stationary wavefunction, and you should find...
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    Quantum physics, particle in a circle

    This is quite similar to the particle in a box problem. Also, your last integral is incorrect as you suspected, N_k^2\int_0^{2\pi}d\phi = 2\pi N_k^2. Finding N_k should not be very hard :-)
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