Questions from Modern Physics


Q: Qualitatively, how would you expect the probability for a particle to

Qualitatively, how would you expect the probability for a particle to tunnel through a potential barrier to depend on the height of the barrier? Explain.

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Q: An electron is bound in a square well of width 1.

An electron is bound in a square well of width 1.50 nm and depth U0 = 6E1-IDW. If the electron is initially in the ground level and absorbs a photon, what maximum wavelength can the photon have and st...

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Q: An electron is in the ground state of a square well of

An electron is in the ground state of a square well of width L = 4.00 * 10-10 m. The depth of the well is six times the ground­state energy of an electron in an infinite well of the same width. What i...

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Q: A proton is bound in a square well of width 4.

A proton is bound in a square well of width 4.0 fm = 4.0 * 10-15 m. The depth of the well is six times the ground­level energy E1-IDW of the corresponding infinite well. If the proton makes a transiti...

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Q: An electron is bound in a square well that has a depth

An electron is bound in a square well that has a depth equal to six times the ground­level energy E1-IDW of an infinite well of the same width. The longest­wavelength photon that is absorbed by this e...

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Q: a. An electron with initial kinetic energy 32 eV encounters a

a. An electron with initial kinetic energy 32 eV encounters a square barrier with height 41 eV and width 0.25 nm. What is the probability that the electron will tunnel through the barrier? b. A proto...

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Q: In a simple model for a radioactive nucleus, an alpha particle

In a simple model for a radioactive nucleus, an alpha particle (m = 6.64 * 10-27 kg) is trapped by a square barrier that has width 2.0 fm and height 30.0 MeV. a. What is the tunneling probability whe...

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Q: An electron with initial kinetic energy 6.0 eV encounters a

An electron with initial kinetic energy 6.0 eV encounters a barrier with height 11.0 eV. What is the probability of tunneling if the width of the barrier is a. 0.80 nm and b. 0.40 nm?

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Q: An electron with initial kinetic energy 5.0 eV encounters a

An electron with initial kinetic energy 5.0 eV encounters a barrier with height U0 and width 0.60 nm. What is the transmission coefficient if a. U0 = 7.0 eV; b. U0 = 9.0 eV; c. U0 = 13.0 eV?

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Q: An electron is moving past the square barrier shown in Fig.

An electron is moving past the square barrier shown in Fig. 40.19, but the energy of the electron is greater than the barrier height. If E = 2U0, what is the ratio of the de Broglie wavelength of the...

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