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    1) The document describes solving the Schrodinger equation for a particle in a 3D potential well. 2) It is proposed that the solution can be written as the product of 1D solutions for each dimension. 3) This leads to an expression for the total energy of the particle as the sum of the energies for each dimension, minus the potential energy. 4) The ground state is when all quantum numbers are 0, and the first excited state is when the z-dimension quantum number is 1.

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    1) The document describes solving the Schrodinger equation for a particle in a 3D potential well. 2) It is proposed that the solution can be written as the product of 1D solutions for each dimension. 3) This leads to an expression for the total energy of the particle as the sum of the energies for each dimension, minus the potential energy. 4) The ground state is when all quantum numbers are 0, and the first excited state is when the z-dimension quantum number is 1.

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    1) The document describes solving the Schrodinger equation for a particle in a 3D potential well. 2) It is proposed that the solution can be written as the product of 1D solutions for each dimension. 3) This leads to an expression for the total energy of the particle as the sum of the energies for each dimension, minus the potential energy. 4) The ground state is when all quantum numbers are 0, and the first excited state is when the z-dimension quantum number is 1.

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    1) The document describes solving the Schrodinger equation for a particle in a 3D potential well. 2) It is proposed that the solution can be written as the product of 1D solutions for each dimension. 3) This leads to an expression for the total energy of the particle as the sum of the energies for each dimension, minus the potential energy. 4) The ground state is when all quantum numbers are 0, and the first excited state is when the z-dimension quantum number is 1.

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    40.54: Let 1  k1 m , ω2  k 2 m , ψ nx ( x) be a solution of Eq. (40.

    21) with Enx 


     1
     n x   ω1 , ψ nx ( y ) be a similar solution, and ψ nz ( z ) be a solution of Eq.( 42 - 25) but
     2
     1
    with z as the independent variable instead of x, and energy Enz   n z  ω2. (a) As in
     2
    Problem 40.53, look for a solution of the form ψ ( x, y, z )  ψ nx ( x)ψ ny ( y )ψ nz ( z ).
    Then,
     2  2ψ  1 
       Enx  k1x 2 ψ
    2m x 2
     2 
     ψ
    2
     ψ
    2

    with similar relations for and . Adding,


    y 2
    z 2
     2   2ψ  2ψ  2ψ   1 1 1 
      2  2  2    Enx  En y  Enz  k1x 2  k1 y 2  k 2 z 2 ψ
    2m  x y z   2 2 2 
     ( En  En  En  U )ψ
    x y z

     ( E  U )ψ
    where the energy E is
      1 
    E  Enx  En y  Enz   (n x  n y  1)ω12   nz  ω22 ,
      2 
    nx , n y and n z all nonnegative integers. b) The ground level corresponds to n x  n y 
    nz  0, and E   (ω 21  ω 22 2). The first excited level corresponds to n x  n y  0 and
    nz  1, as ω 22  ω 21 , and E   (ω 21  (3 2)ω 22 ). There is only one set of quantum numbers
    for both the ground state and the first excited state.

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