PHYS 180 Lecture 10: Lecture 10
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Schrodinger equation is what we apply to the wave function to allow it to change with time. The electron is in all locations at once (think, 0. 25 in one part, 0. 25 in another, etc. ) Collapsing the wave function i. e. observing a particle. It is only when we observe a particle that it collapses into a well defined position. In qm the new model of the atom depicts the wave functions of the electrons around the nucleus: we get reginos of high and low probability for the position of the electron. The position of the atoms are given by a wave function. Hydrogen wave function: description of where the electron can be found within its proton. The act of observing an electron destroys its wave function. In order to use the wave functions to descripe the probability we have to square it to get these bumps. In all the pictures they are all sitting in a u-shaped jar.
