QM in 1D position-space

QM of a particle in a 1D Dirac delta potential

A particle in a Dirac delta potential 𝑉(π‘₯) = βˆ’π›Όπ›Ώ(π‘₯)1 has exactly one bound state

πœ“(π‘₯)=βˆšπ‘šπ›Όβ„π‘’βˆ’π‘šπ›Ό|π‘₯|/ℏ2𝐸=βˆ’π‘šπ›Ό22ℏ2

and scattering states^[yet to be dirac normalized]

πœ“(π‘₯)={π΄π‘’π‘–π‘˜π‘₯+π΅π‘’βˆ’π‘–π‘˜π‘₯π‘₯≀0πΉπ‘’π‘–π‘˜π‘₯+πΊπ‘’βˆ’π‘–π‘˜π‘₯π‘₯β‰₯0

where 𝐹 βˆ’πΊ =𝐴(1 +2𝑖𝛽) βˆ’π΅(1 βˆ’2𝑖𝛽) and 𝛽 =π‘šπ›Όβ„2π‘˜

Properties

  1. The reflection and transmission coΓ«fficients (regardless of which side the particle enters) for scattering states are
𝑅=11+(2ℏ2𝐸/π‘šπ›Ό2)𝑇=11+(2π‘šπ›Ό2/2ℏ2𝐸)

which do not depend on the sign of 𝛼. 2. The bound state has the following expectation values ^P2 - βŸ¨Λ†π‘₯⟩ =0 - βŸ¨Λ†π‘βŸ© =0 - βŸ¨Λ†π‘₯2⟩ =ℏ22π‘š2𝛼2 - βŸ¨Λ†π‘2⟩ =(π‘šπ›Όβ„)2


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Footnotes

  1. 2018. Introduction to quantum mechanics, Β§2.5.2, pp. 63ff. ↩