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Kyle91
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Hey guys
I was just looking over a past homework problem and found something I'm not too sure on -
A particle is in the ground state of a Harmonic potential V (x) = 0.5mω2x2
If you measured the energy, what are the possible results, and with what
probabilities?
Now I know the answer to this is 0.5*hbar*ω and 100%. But I'm just a bit confused about when the formula for calculating this energy value can be applied.
E = 0.5*hbar*ω(n+0.5)
When can we use that? ^ Is it just for quantum harmonic oscillators or is it for all Quantum systems?
Cheers
I was just looking over a past homework problem and found something I'm not too sure on -
A particle is in the ground state of a Harmonic potential V (x) = 0.5mω2x2
If you measured the energy, what are the possible results, and with what
probabilities?
Now I know the answer to this is 0.5*hbar*ω and 100%. But I'm just a bit confused about when the formula for calculating this energy value can be applied.
E = 0.5*hbar*ω(n+0.5)
When can we use that? ^ Is it just for quantum harmonic oscillators or is it for all Quantum systems?
Cheers