CHEM 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Probability Amplitude, Wave Function, Wave Equation
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Page 1 (time-independent) schr dinger wave equation (swe) - our new reality: If it is only a function of position, then it has the same form as its classically expected version (coulomb s law, etc. For example: if two charges - that can be considered point charges. Are within an atom or within a molecule, then the pair-wise interaction is: 4 0 q1 & q2 are the two point charges (in c). r is the distance between the charges q1 & q2 . K q1 q2 q1 q2 r r coulomb(c)2. If it is a bound system - such as the electrons in an atom or in a molecule - then the energy is quantized and will depend upon one or more quantum number(s). = (x,y,z) [in general] = wave function, a. k. a. probability amplitude. | |2 is the probability density for observing the particle(s) described by to be at the location (x,y,z).
