spatial wave function

spatial wave function

English

Noun

spatial wave function (plural spatial wave functions)

1. (physics) A separable wavefunction times ${\\displaystyle e^{iEt/\\hbar }}$, which is thus a function of only space and not time.
   • 2005, David J. Griffiths: Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, 2nd ed. Pearson Education, Inc.

     For time-independent potentials, we obtain a complete set of solutions by separation of variables:

     ${\\displaystyle \\Psi ({\\mathbf {r_{1}}},{\\mathbf {r_{2}}},t)=\\psi ({\\mathbf {r_{1}}},{\\mathbf {r_{2}}})e^{-iEt/\\hbar }}$,

     where the spatial wave function (${\\displaystyle \\psi }$) satisfies the time-independent Schrödinger equation: ...

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spatial wave function

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