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A particle is confined inside a rectangular box with sides of length a,a, and 2a. What is the energy of the first excited state? Is this state degenerate? If so, determine how many different wave fuctions have this energy.
The relevant equations are
E=Ex+Ey+Ez
=((hbar^2*pi^2)/2m) +(nx^2)/a^2+(ny^2)/b^2+(nz^2)/c^2
So far I have plugged in the a,a, and 2a into the equation and factored out the a. I am confused at what it means by first excited state. In a hydrogen atom n=2. In this case should each component =2 or should the energy add up to 2?
The relevant equations are
E=Ex+Ey+Ez
=((hbar^2*pi^2)/2m) +(nx^2)/a^2+(ny^2)/b^2+(nz^2)/c^2
So far I have plugged in the a,a, and 2a into the equation and factored out the a. I am confused at what it means by first excited state. In a hydrogen atom n=2. In this case should each component =2 or should the energy add up to 2?