Timeline for Predicting the probability distribution in a potential
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| Aug 16, 2021 at 19:47 | vote | accept | Nakshatra Gangopadhay | ||
| Jun 9, 2021 at 21:59 | answer | added | J.G. | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jun 9, 2021 at 20:48 | history | edited | Urb | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 9, 2021 at 20:33 | comment | added | Nakshatra Gangopadhay | @GrassyNol This is actually quite frustrating because whatever you said is also the same exact thing I thought before. Then I saw the particle moving faster or slower argument, while studying the harmonic oscillator. If you see the harmonic oscillator, you'll see probability amplitude is minimum at the centre, and increases on either side. So, these two arguments are clashing against each other. | |
| Jun 9, 2021 at 20:32 | comment | added | Roger V. | This is essentially quasiclasdical/adiabatic/WKB approximation. You can learn more by searching through qm books - they all cover it, but to a different extent. | |
| Jun 9, 2021 at 20:32 | comment | added | Roger V. | This is essentially quasiclasdical/adiabatic/WKB approximation. You can learn more by searching through qm books - they all cover it, but to a different extent. | |
| Jun 9, 2021 at 20:29 | comment | added | GrassyNol | @NakshatraGangopadhay, I don't know how useful it is to think about a particle moving faster or slower in this case. When you're talking about a wave function, sometimes particle descriptions can be counterintuitive. But if you insist, in this case, you could imagine the region of lower potential is due to the attraction of charged particles. An electron moving towards a proton would be like moving to lower potential energy. So the difference in potential results in a force that will bring the electron to sit in the lower potential well more often than not. | |
| Jun 9, 2021 at 20:22 | answer | added | GrassyNol | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jun 9, 2021 at 20:21 | comment | added | Nakshatra Gangopadhay | @J.G. the well is deeper on the right, so the particle should move faster, and spend less time there. So, shouldn't probability be more on the left instead, where it is shallower ? | |
| Jun 9, 2021 at 20:16 | comment | added | J.G. | Probability peaks at low potential energy. That should tell you how the left-hand side compares with the right. | |
| Jun 9, 2021 at 20:06 | history | asked | Nakshatra Gangopadhay | CC BY-SA 4.0 |