Show that the addition of a term ax to the oscillator potential V(x) = ax + 2
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Show that the addition of a term ax to the oscillator potential
V(x) = ax +21 m2x2,
results in a parabolic potential - the same parabola, translated horizontally in x and shifted down-wards in energy. Write down the new quadratic form (i.e. write V (x) =21 m2(x x0) V0 for some constants x0 and V0) and sketch the potential. Write down the energy eigenvalues of this new potential. (An electric field E in the x-direction acting on a particle of charge q would add a potential energy qEx to the oscillator potential, for example.)
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