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Lecture 19
is a turning point
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Example 1
Solution
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Therefore,
This just happened to be exact result (odd energies of the full harmonic oscillator).
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Example 2: potential well with no vertical walls
The formulas that we derived connects the WKB formulas where potential slopes upward:
Therefore, we can write for the intermediate region of the potential with both downward
and upward-sloping points:
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The arguments of the sin functions must be equal since both of the formulas apply for
this region:
WKB approximation lets us get approximate energy levels without ever calculating
the Schrdinger equation! All we need to do is to evaluate one integral!
Note that we got the same formula as before for both or one vertical wall, only the
subtraction term differs:
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Class exercise
Note that
Also note that WKB numbering starts from n=1 but usual numbering for harmonic
oscillator energy levels starts from n=0.
Solution:
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