Issued Fri, Oct 3 Note! Due Fri, Oct 10

Required reading for this week: Gas. Ch. 5.

There are HINTS for this homework.

1) Gas 5-1

2)

a) A particle of mass m and kinetic energy E>0 approaches (from the left) an abrupt potential drop V0. Suppose E=V0/3. What is the probability that it will "reflect back" at the boundary?

b) Same as part a (particle from left, E=V0/3), but now the well rises back up again, after a distance 2a. What is the probability that it will "reflect back" in the three cases

c) Gas. 5-14.

3) Gas 5-4

(I completely ignored Gas' hints on this problem, and suggest you do too)

4) Gas 5-11

5) Gas 5-13