Phys 503, Fall 2011
Assignment for Dec. 14-20
Read pages 154-168 of the textbook (Auletta, Fortunato & Parisi, Cambridge University Press, 2009).
Homework # 9 (Due on Wednesday Dec. 21 at 14:00):
I) Solve the following problems from textbook (Auletta, Fortunato & Parisi, Cambridge University Press, 2009):
Pages
171-173: Problems: 4.8, 4.9, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.18, 4.20, 4.21II) Compute the uncertainly in momentum and position of a simple harmonic oscillator that is in an arbitrary eigenstate of the anniholation operator "a" that is given by Equation 4.73a on page 158 of the textbook (Auletta, Fortunato & Parisi, Cambridge University Press, 2009).