Processing math: 100%

 

 

 

Discussion of project 2

We are first interested in the solution of the radial part of Schroedinger's equation for one electron. This equation reads 22m(1r2ddrr2ddrl(l+1)r2)R(r)+V(r)R(r)=ER(r). In our case V(r) is the harmonic oscillator potential (1/2)kr2 with k=mω2 and E is the energy of the harmonic oscillator in three dimensions. The oscillator frequency is ω and the energies are Enl=ω(2n+l+32), with n=0,1,2, and l=0,1,2,.