According to the Bohr-Sommerfeld postulate the periodic motion of a particle in a potential field must satisfy the following quantization rule:
where q and p are generalized coordinate and momentum of the particle , n are integers. Making use of this rule, find the permitted values of energy for a particle of mass m moving
(a) in a unidimensional rectangular potential well of width l with infinitely high walls;
(b) along a circle of radius r;
(c) in a unidimensional potential field U = αx2/2, where a is α positive constant;
(d) along a round orbit in a central field, where the potential energy of the particle is equal to U = —α/r (α is a positive constant).