Physics 522, Test 2
May 3, 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM.
The test will be closed book. Tables and calculators may be used.
Students will be asked to solve three out of four problems.
- One problem will be a an elastic scattering problem problem. Click the links for example
problems from the notes and the homework assignments. (1),
(2), (3),
(4), Homework
7, problems 1, 2, 3, 5
- One problems will ask you to find energy corrections using stationary
perturbation theory. Click the links for example problems from
the notes and the homework assignments. (1),
(2), (3),
(4), Homework
8, problems 1, 2, 3
- One problems will ask you to find the ground state energy and wave
function of a system using the variational method. Click the links for
example problems from the notes and the homework assignments. (1),
(2), (3)
- One problem will explore the properties of indistinguishable particles. Click the links for example
problems from the notes and the homework assignments. (1),
(2), (3),
(4), (5),
(6), Homework
11, problems 1, 2, 3
The problems on the test will be similar to some of the linked problems.
Here is a practice test. Here are
its solutions.