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  2. Quantum potential - Wikipedia

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    In the framework of the de Broglie–Bohm theory, the quantum potential is a term within the Schrödinger equation which acts to guide the movement of quantum particles. . The quantum potential approach introduced by Bohm [1] [2] provides a physically less fundamental exposition of the idea presented by Louis de Broglie: de Broglie had postulated in 1925 that the relativistic wave function ...

  3. Electrochemical potential - Wikipedia

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    It is common in electrochemistry and solid-state physics to discuss both the chemical potential and the electrochemical potential of the electrons.However, in the two fields, the definitions of these two terms are sometimes swapped.

  4. Stationary state - Wikipedia

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    A harmonic oscillator in classical mechanics (A–B) and quantum mechanics (C–H). In (A–B), a ball, attached to a spring, oscillates back and forth.(C–H) are six solutions to the Schrödinger equation for this situation.

  5. List of equations in quantum mechanics - Wikipedia

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    One particle: N particles: One dimension ^ = ^ + = + ^ = = ^ + (,,) = = + (,,) where the position of particle n is x n. = + = = +. (,) = /.There is a further restriction — the solution must not grow at infinity, so that it has either a finite L 2-norm (if it is a bound state) or a slowly diverging norm (if it is part of a continuum): [1] ‖ ‖ = | |.

  6. Bloch's theorem - Wikipedia

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    A Bloch wave function (bottom) can be broken up into the product of a periodic function (top) and a plane-wave (center). The left side and right side represent the same Bloch state broken up in two different ways, involving the wave vector k 1 (left) or k 2 (right). The difference (k 1 − k 2) is a reciprocal lattice vector. In all plots, blue ...

  7. Poisson's equation - Wikipedia

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    Siméon Denis Poisson. Poisson's equation is an elliptic partial differential equation of broad utility in theoretical physics.For example, the solution to Poisson's equation is the potential field caused by a given electric charge or mass density distribution; with the potential field known, one can then calculate the corresponding electrostatic or gravitational (force) field.

  8. Interatomic potential - Wikipedia

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    Even for single well-known elements such as silicon, a wide variety of potentials quite different in functional form and motivation have been developed. [14] The true interatomic interactions are quantum mechanical in nature, and there is no known way in which the true interactions described by the Schrödinger equation or Dirac equation for ...

  9. Chemical potential - Wikipedia

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    In recent years, [when?] thermal physics has applied the definition of chemical potential to systems in particle physics and its associated processes. For example, in a quark–gluon plasma or other QCD matter , at every point in space there is a chemical potential for photons , a chemical potential for electrons, a chemical potential for ...