Subject: Physical Chemistry · Chapter: Quantum Chemistry · Topic: Harmonic Oscillator · Exam: NET JUNE 2016 · Marks: 2 · Difficulty: Medium
A one-dimensional quantum harmonic oscillator is perturbed by a potential. The first order correction to the energy for the ground state $\left(\Delta \mathrm{E}^{(1)}\right)$ is
(a)$\Delta \mathrm{E}_{(1)}$ but < 1
(b)$\Delta \mathrm{E}_{(1)}<0$
(c)$\Delta \mathrm{E}_{(1)}=0$
(d)$\Delta \mathrm{E}_{(1)}>2$
Answer
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