Physical Chemistry: Thermodynamics, Structure, and Change

Published by W. H. Freeman
ISBN 10: 1429290196
ISBN 13: 978-1-42929-019-7

Chapter 7 - Topic 7B - Dynamics of microscopic systems - Exercises - Page 311: 7B.4(b)

Answer

The probability of finding the electron in the range $dx$ at $x = L/2$ is 0.

Work Step by Step

The normalized wave function given in exercise 7B.3 is $({2\over L})^{1/2}sin({2πx\over L})$ The probability of finding a particle over a point is always zero. To proof that consider a wave function $\psi(x)$ where is based on one dimension. $P = \int_{x_0}^{x_0+dx} \psi ^2 dx$ Which is clearly 0 as $dx$ is tending to 0.
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