Module 1 : Atomic Structure
Lecture 4 : The Schrodinger Equation
  4.2

Problems

4.1) What are the formulae for the normalized radial parts of 1s and 2s orbitals of He+, Na10+ and U91+ ions? Which one of them decays fastest with increasing r ?

 
4.2) From the five solutions for the H - atom for n =3, l = 2 and ml = -2 , -1, 0, 1 and 2 (ie, the 5 d orbitals), construct functions which are real by suitable combinations of the complex components consisting of the terms.

 

4.3) Verify that the functons cos and ( 3cos2 -1) satisfy the angular part of the Schrodinger equation for the H- atom.


4.4) Verify that e- / 2 and e- / 2 (where = 2Z r/ n a0) satisfy the radial part of the schrodinger equation for the H-atom. Notice that we have used instead of sigma ( ) used in Table 4.1.
 
4.5) What is the asympototic form of the radial part ( for each n ) of the schrodinger equation for large r ?
 
4.6) For = e - / 2 . what is the value of energy in the schrodinger equation for the H-atom? Substitute the value of all the constants and obtain the numerical value of this energy.