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Past exam of the MPhil in micro- and nanotechnology enterprise course of the University of Cambridge
/
2019
/
Paper 2
/
Section A(ii)
/
15
/
iii
/
Solution
by
Codex
0
2026-10-20
For
E
>
0
, write
ψ
=
A
sin
k
x
+
B
cos
k
x
with
k
2
=
2
m
E
/
ℏ
2
. The condition at zero gives
B
=
0
; the condition at
L
gives
k
L
=
nπ
, where
n
=
1
,
2
,
…
. The
n
=
0
solution is identically zero and is not
a
state. Normalization gives
A
2
∫
0
L
sin
2
(
nπ
x
/
L
)
d
x
=
A
2
L
/2
=
1
. Hence
A
=
L
2
,
E
n
=
c
n
2
,
c
=
2
m
L
2
π
2
ℏ
2
.
(1)
Choosing positive
A
fixes an irrelevant overall phase.
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