Introduction to Quantum Mechanics · Problem 5.5

Identical Particles — David J. Griffiths

Physics — Quantum Mechanics · infinite_well_identical_particles

Problem

(a) Write down the Hamiltonian for two noninteracting identical particles in the infinite square well. Verify that the fermion ground state given in Example 5.1 is an eigenfunction of H^\hat{H}, with the appropriate eigenvalue. (b) Find the next two excited states (beyond the ones given in the example)—wave functions, energies, and degeneracies—for each of the three cases (distinguishable, identical bosons, identical fermions).

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