Saturday, October 19, 2019

quantum mechanics - How to apply the WKB approximation in this case?


I'm trying to learn how to apply the WKB approximation. Given the following problem:



An electron, say, in the nuclear potential U(r)={U0 if r<r0k/r if r>r0

1. What is the radial Schrödinger equation for the =0 state?



2. Assuming the energy of the barrier (i.e. k/r0) to be high, how do you use the WKB approximation to estimate the bound state energies inside the well?





For the first question, I thought the radial part of the equation of motion was the following


{22mr2ddr(r2ddr)+2(+1)2mr2+V(r)}R(r)=ER(r)


Do I simply just let =0 and obtain the following? Which potential do I use?


{22mr2ddr(r2ddr)+V(r)}R(r)=ER(r)


For the other question, do I use 2m(EV(r))=(n+1/2)π, where n=0,1,2,... ? If so, what are the turning points? And again, which of the two potentials do I use?




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