Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Problem 10 note.

For problem 10 (HW3) you will need to use del^2 in spherical coordinates to calculate the K.E.. Since Psi100 does not depend on theta or phi, I think you can use the r part which I believe is:
(1/r2)ddr(r2dψ100dr)


Assuming that is correct, then one would start with the integral of:
ψ100(r)(1/r2)ddr(r2dψ100(r)dr)

over all space. Use the Jacobian... I think it will cancel the r^2 outside the derivatives. Does that make sense?

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