Vol 2 - Landau, Lifshitz - The classical theory of fields (4th, 1994) (1) · Problem 10.11

Particle in a Gravitational Field

Physics — Landau & Lifshitz · particle-in-gravitational-field

Problem

Use first-order perturbation theory to find the correction to the energy levels of a particle in a box (of length LL, with walls at z=0z=0 and z=Lz=L) due to the gravitational potential V′=mgzV' = mgz. (a) Calculate the first-order energy correction En(1)=⟨n∣mgz∣n⟩E_n^{(1)} = \langle n | mgz | n \rangle. (b) Interpret your result physically.

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