GATE PH 2024 PH Q28: Quantum Mechanics

Following trial wavefunctions

and

are used to get a variational estimate of the ground state energy of the helium atom.

and

are the variational parameters,

and

are the position vectors of the electrons. Let

be the exact ground state energy of the helium atom.

and

are the variational estimates of the ground state energy of the helium atom corresponding to

and

, respectively. Which one of the following options is true?

Your answerChoose one option.

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