From 168ca7f7255bbec734831b1ba2d3686b81e1e032 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: morandrea <127813785+morandrea@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2024 01:09:52 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Update vol-III-chap-9-sect-2.md --- docs/vol-III/vol-III-chap-9-sect-2.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/vol-III/vol-III-chap-9-sect-2.md b/docs/vol-III/vol-III-chap-9-sect-2.md index ef263ec4..9cbbc390 100644 --- a/docs/vol-III/vol-III-chap-9-sect-2.md +++ b/docs/vol-III/vol-III-chap-9-sect-2.md @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ## 9.2. Correspondence and uncertainty principles in Quantum Physics. -The mathematical treatment of the concept of matter wave proposed by de Broglie requires that the motion of a quantum particle at a point $\vec{r}$ and at time $t$ must be described by a function of wave nature, the so-called wave function, which is represented as $ψ(\vec{r},t)$. This wave function has no physical meaning. It is the square of its absolute value, the probability density $P = │ψ(\vec{r],t)│^2$, that determines experimentally when and where the particle described by the wave function $ψ(\vec{r},t)$ is at position $\vec{r}(t)$ at time $t$. +The mathematical treatment of the concept of matter wave proposed by de Broglie requires that the motion of a quantum particle at a point $\vec{r}$ and at time $t$ must be described by a function of wave nature, the so-called wave function, which is represented as $ψ(\vec{r},t)$. This wave function has no physical meaning. It is the square of its absolute value, the probability density $P = │ψ(\vec{r},t)│^2$, that determines experimentally when and where the particle described by the wave function $ψ(\vec{r},t)$ is at position $\vec{r}(t)$ at time $t$. According to Newtonian mechanics, the equation of motion for classical particles of mass $m$ and velocity $\vec{v}$ is $\vec{F} = d\vec{p}/dt$, where $\vec{p} = m\vec{v}$ is its linear momentum. Will this classical mechanics be appropriate to describe the movement of matter waves proposed by de Broglie? Let us see and suppose that $\vec{u}$ is the velocity with which such a wave propagates; this will corresponds to the velocity $v$ with which the particle described by the wave function $ψ(\vec{r},t)$ moves. If this movement is in the direction of the X-axis, the wave function will be $ψ(x,t)$.