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Expert-verifiedFor the cubic 3D infinite well wave function
show that the correct normalization constant is .
The normalization constant is .
Cubic 3D infinite well wave function is given as:
The normalization condition can be expressed as:
We know that the probability of finding the particle will always be 1.
Evaluate the normalization condition for a given 3D infinite well solution to determine the value of the normalization constant A as:
For a 3D infinite well, its wave function is given by
Here,
L is the edge length of the square well.
We know that the probability density integrated over the volume of the 3D box must equal 1. Thus, we have
1)
All three integrals multiplying each other are of the same form, for different values of so next evaluation just one of them for an arbitrary n.
Visualizing the dependence of the trigonometric functions graphically leads to the conclusion that,
Therefore, one segment can be solved as:
Thus, all three integrals multiplying each other in equation (1) are equal to each other and to .
Therefore, the equation (1) becomes,
Therefore, the normalization constant is .
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