PHY-803 Quantum Mechanics

MS/PhD Physics
Fall Semester 2022
Lecture-21: Schrödinger wave equation
25-11-2022

Prof. Dr. Shahid Iqbal

Department of Physics,
School of Natural Sciences, NUST H-12, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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Learning objectives of the lecture

 Position representation of Schrödinger Equation for state kets

 Time-dependent Schrödinger wave equation

 Time-independent Schrödinger wave equation

 Summary and HW exercise

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The Time-dependent Schrödinger's wave equation
The Schrödinger equation for state ket, as we discussed earlier in Sec. 2.1,

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The Time-dependent Schrödinger's wave equation

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The Time-dependent Schrödinger's wave equation

The Schrödinger's wave equation

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The Time-independent Schrödinger's wave equation

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The Time-independent Schrödinger's wave equation

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The Time-independent Schrödinger's wave equation

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Finding solutions to the time-independent wave equation

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Finding solutions to the time-independent wave equation

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Finding solutions to the time-independent wave equation

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Interpretation of the wave function

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Elementary solutions to Schrödinger's wave function

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Elementary solutions to Schrödinger's wave function

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Elementary solutions to Schrödinger's wave function

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Elementary solutions to Schrödinger's wave function

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Elementary solutions to Schrödinger's wave function

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Quantized Electromagnetic field (single mode)

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Quantized Electromagnetic field (single mode)

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Summary and Home Work
Summary:
1. We studied the Schrödinger wave equation for time-dependent wave function and then
derived time-independent wave equation.

2. We learned general conditions how to solve time-independent wave equation for

bounded and unbounded systems, which led us understand quantization of energy of
the system under consideration.

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Thanks

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