A mass kg sits on a spring of stiffness

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Quantum Mechanics: From the Photon to the Hydrogen Atom, Ch The harmonic oscillator

Problem

A mass

m = 2.0\times10^{-26}

kg sits on a spring of stiffness

300\ \mathrm{N\,m^{-1}}

. Find

\omega

, the energy

E_4

of the fourth excited level (measured from the floor of the well), and

\langle x^2\rangle_4