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okay this isn't exactly me asking how to solve a question but just to verify the theory in my head.
i need to calculate the 4 lowest energy levels for a 3d box (that has sides (2a,a,a)) and show all the quantum numbers (i imagine it means the x,y,z components of n, l, ml) and give the degeneracy values. also note the particles are spin-less.
this i can do but what i don't know is, considering there is no external magnetic field does the values of ml degenerate into a single energy value?
Basically do i count ml as a quantum number that affects degeneracy?
cause so far i have counted the variations of the n components and l components.
i.e if i have n(1,1,2) then the l values are(0,0,0 or 1) which results in 2 possibilities so degeneracy = 2.
so do i count the ml?
also the next question asks about if 3 identical non-interacting spin-less particles are confined in this box find the lowest total energy for these particles.
how would this work? i thought pauli exclusion principle prevented particles with identical quantum numbers being in the same state? and if all the qm numbers are the same it would have to be in the same state right?
thanks for any help
i need to calculate the 4 lowest energy levels for a 3d box (that has sides (2a,a,a)) and show all the quantum numbers (i imagine it means the x,y,z components of n, l, ml) and give the degeneracy values. also note the particles are spin-less.
this i can do but what i don't know is, considering there is no external magnetic field does the values of ml degenerate into a single energy value?
Basically do i count ml as a quantum number that affects degeneracy?
cause so far i have counted the variations of the n components and l components.
i.e if i have n(1,1,2) then the l values are(0,0,0 or 1) which results in 2 possibilities so degeneracy = 2.
so do i count the ml?
also the next question asks about if 3 identical non-interacting spin-less particles are confined in this box find the lowest total energy for these particles.
how would this work? i thought pauli exclusion principle prevented particles with identical quantum numbers being in the same state? and if all the qm numbers are the same it would have to be in the same state right?
thanks for any help