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A complex scalar field that describes a quantum mechanical system. The square of the modulus of the wave function gives the probability of the system to be found in a particular state. DO NOT USE THIS TAG for classical waves.

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Wavelength as an observable in quantum mechanics?

Recently I was discussing a problem with one of my students in which she found that two states of the particle in a box were orthogonal and was then asked to give an example of an observable that woul …