wave function (or wavefunction) is a mathematical description of the quantum state of an isolated quantum system. The most common symbols for a wave function...
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In quantum mechanics, wave function collapse, also called reduction of the state vector, occurs when a wave function—initially in a superposition of several...
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Bloch's theorem (redirect from Bloch Function)
{\displaystyle \psi } is the wave function, u {\displaystyle u} is a periodic function with the same periodicity as the crystal, the wave vector k {\displaystyle...
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a deterministic theory, and avoids issues such as wave–particle duality, instantaneous wave function collapse, and the paradox of Schrödinger's cat by...
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function. Like a square wave, the triangle wave contains only odd harmonics. However, the higher harmonics roll off much faster than in a square wave...
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Bohmian mechanics Wave function Wave packet Wave–particle duality Gravitational wave, in relativity theory Relativistic wave equations, wave equations that...
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In physics, a standing wave, also known as a stationary wave, is a wave that oscillates in time but whose peak amplitude profile does not move in space...
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Universal wavefunction (redirect from Universal Wave Function)
thesis: The Theory of the Universal Wave Function, pp 3–140. Stephen W Hawking, James B Hartle "The Wave Function of the Universe," Physical Review D...
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A periodic function also called a periodic waveform (or simply periodic wave), is a function that repeats its values at regular intervals or periods....
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Particle in a box (section Position wave function)
position, momentum and energy) may all be derived from the wave function. The wave function ψ ( x , t ) {\displaystyle \psi (x,t)} can be found by solving...
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A sine wave, sinusoidal wave, or sinusoid (symbol: ∿) is a periodic wave whose waveform (shape) is the trigonometric sine function. In mechanics, as a...
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of waves traveling in opposite directions. This article mostly focuses on the scalar wave equation describing waves in scalars by scalar functions u =...
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Each component wave function, and hence the wave packet, are solutions of a wave equation. Depending on the wave equation, the wave packet's profile...
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function. A classical wave at any point can be positive or negative; the quantum probability function is non-negative. Any two different real waves in...
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mathematical formalisms. In one of them, a mathematical entity called the wave function provides information, in the form of probability amplitudes, about what...
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Quantum state (section Wave function representations)
for different kinds of systems or problems. Two broad categories are wave functions describing quantum systems using position or momentum variables and...
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In mathematics, a Coulomb wave function is a solution of the Coulomb wave equation, named after Charles-Augustin de Coulomb. They are used to describe...
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delta. A set of orthonormal wave functions is complete in the space of square-integrable functions if any wave function |ψ⟩ can be expressed as a linear...
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DMX Krew (redirect from The Collapse of the Wave Function LP)
the Wave Function LP (2004) Many Worlds (The Collapse Of The Wave Function Volume 4) (2005) The Transactional Interpretation (The Collapse Of The Wave Function...
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Particle in a ring (redirect from Ring wave guide)
the wave function be periodic in θ {\displaystyle \ \theta } with a period 2 π {\displaystyle 2\pi } (from the demand that the wave functions be single-valued...
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Schrödinger equation (redirect from Schrödinger Wave Equation)
Schrödinger equation is a partial differential equation that governs the wave function of a quantum-mechanical system.: 1–2 Its discovery was a significant...
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Probability amplitude (redirect from Probability wave)
first proposed by Max Born, in 1926. Interpretation of values of a wave function as the probability amplitude is a pillar of the Copenhagen interpretation...
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mechanics, a Slater determinant is an expression that describes the wave function of a multi-fermionic system. It satisfies anti-symmetry requirements...
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case' to illustrate his conclusion that the wave function cannot represent reality.: 153 The wave function description of the complete cat system implies...
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equation that treated the electron as a wave, and Born discovered that the way to successfully interpret the wave function that appeared in the Schrödinger equation...
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The prolate spheroidal wave functions are eigenfunctions of the Laplacian in prolate spheroidal coordinates, adapted to boundary conditions on certain...
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Spheroidal wave functions are solutions of the Helmholtz equation that are found by writing the equation in spheroidal coordinates and applying the technique...
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Quantum tunnelling (redirect from Wave-mechanical tunneling)
consequence of the wave nature of matter, where the quantum wave function describes the state of a particle or other physical system, and wave equations such...
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Dirac equation (redirect from Dirac wave)
the introduction of several component wave functions in Pauli's phenomenological theory of spin. The wave functions in the Dirac theory are vectors of four...
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Basis set (chemistry) (redirect from Polarization function)
chemistry, a basis set is a set of functions (called basis functions) that is used to represent the electronic wave function in the Hartree–Fock method or...
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