Friday, December 14, 2018

quantum mechanics - Wave function of a particle in a gravitational field



Suppose we have a particle with mass m and energy E in a gravitational field V(z)=mgz. How can I find the wave function ψ(z)?




It should have an integral form on dp. Any help would be appreciated.


What I've tried


One way to solve the problem is use of change of variable
x := (22m2g)2/32m2(mgzE)


we can reduce Schroedinger equation to


d2ϕdx2xϕ(x) = 0


This is a standard equation, its solution is given by ϕ(x) = B Ai(x)

where Ai is the Airy function. But my solution should be (not exactly) like this:


ψ(z)=Ndpexp[(Emg+z)pp36m2g]



Answer




[p22m+V(iddp)]ϕ(p)=Eϕ(p)

[p22m+(mg)(iddp)]ϕ(p)=Eϕ(p)
1img(p22mE)ϕ(p)=ϕ(p)dp
When integrate we have: img(Epp36m)=Lnϕ(p)ϕ(po)
ϕ(p)=ϕ(p0)eEmgpp36m2g
ψ(z)=dpeipz/ϕ(p)
ψ(z)=ϕ(p0)dpei/[(Emg+z)pp36m2g]


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