In quantum mechanics, the Hamiltonian of a system is an operator corresponding to the total energy of that system, including both kinetic energy and potential... 27 KB (4,903 words) - 15:53, 5 May 2024 |
systems, the goal of quantum mechanics in non-perturbative regimes is to find the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a Hamiltonian of the form H = H s +... 33 KB (4,199 words) - 18:11, 5 March 2024 |
system Hamiltonian (quantum mechanics), an operator corresponding to the total energy of that system Dyall Hamiltonian, a modified Hamiltonian with two-electron... 1 KB (194 words) - 12:08, 8 March 2022 |
Quantum superposition is a fundamental principle of quantum mechanics that states that linear combinations of solutions to the Schrödinger equation are... 38 KB (6,017 words) - 07:33, 4 May 2024 |
mathematical formulations of quantum mechanics are those mathematical formalisms that permit a rigorous description of quantum mechanics. This mathematical formalism... 58 KB (8,102 words) - 00:38, 4 April 2024 |
constant of motion. In other words, the quantum number is good if the corresponding observable commutes with the Hamiltonian. If the system starts from the eigenstate... 9 KB (1,409 words) - 11:34, 8 March 2024 |
These systems can be studied in both Hamiltonian mechanics and dynamical systems theory. Informally, a Hamiltonian system is a mathematical formalism developed... 10 KB (1,369 words) - 14:52, 1 April 2024 |
in quantum mechanics. Furthermore, it is one of the few quantum-mechanical systems for which an exact, analytical solution is known. The Hamiltonian of... 43 KB (6,839 words) - 04:42, 5 May 2024 |
Quantum thermodynamics is the study of the relations between two independent physical theories: thermodynamics and quantum mechanics. The two independent... 32 KB (4,491 words) - 23:43, 1 May 2024 |
Matrix mechanics is a formulation of quantum mechanics created by Werner Heisenberg, Max Born, and Pascual Jordan in 1925. It was the first conceptually... 64 KB (10,592 words) - 11:03, 26 March 2024 |
quantum entanglement is at the heart of the disparity between classical and quantum physics: entanglement is a primary feature of quantum mechanics not... 106 KB (12,919 words) - 22:00, 1 May 2024 |
Phase-space formulation (redirect from Deformation quantum mechanics) the phase-space formulation is that it makes quantum mechanics appear as similar to Hamiltonian mechanics as possible by avoiding the operator formalism... 26 KB (3,531 words) - 08:58, 7 November 2023 |
By contrast, in non-relativistic quantum mechanics, terms have to be introduced artificially into the Hamiltonian operator to achieve agreement with... 85 KB (10,055 words) - 01:31, 28 April 2024 |
leading to the development of analytical mechanics (which includes Lagrangian mechanics and Hamiltonian mechanics). These advances, made predominantly in... 52 KB (5,826 words) - 19:21, 18 April 2024 |
duality Wightman axioms WKB approximation quantum mechanics, matrix mechanics, Hamiltonian (quantum mechanics) particle in a box particle in a ring particle... 4 KB (359 words) - 12:18, 4 July 2023 |
summarizes equations in the theory of quantum mechanics. A fundamental physical constant occurring in quantum mechanics is the Planck constant, h. A common... 22 KB (616 words) - 18:34, 13 December 2023 |
atomic, molecular, and optical physics and quantum chemistry, the molecular Hamiltonian is the Hamiltonian operator representing the energy of the electrons... 38 KB (5,144 words) - 23:48, 14 June 2023 |
mathematics, Nambu mechanics is a generalization of Hamiltonian mechanics involving multiple Hamiltonians. Recall that Hamiltonian mechanics is based upon... 6 KB (735 words) - 04:26, 12 February 2024 |
of quantum mechanics, and is used for calculating geodesic motion in general relativity. Canonical transformations The invariance of the Hamiltonian (under... 40 KB (5,759 words) - 04:26, 12 February 2024 |
this constraint has yet to be found. A plausible candidate for the quantum Hamiltonian constraint is the operator introduced by Thiemann. The constraints... 116 KB (16,376 words) - 18:17, 7 May 2024 |
physics, mechanics is the study of objects, their interaction, and motion; classical mechanics is mechanics limited to non-relativistic and non-quantum approximations... 19 KB (2,318 words) - 09:29, 27 March 2024 |
mid-century. Quantum tunnelling falls under the domain of quantum mechanics: the study of what happens at the quantum scale, which classical mechanics cannot... 49 KB (6,240 words) - 23:46, 1 May 2024 |
Degenerate energy levels (redirect from Degeneracy (quantum mechanics)) In quantum mechanics, an energy level is degenerate if it corresponds to two or more different measurable states of a quantum system. Conversely, two or... 40 KB (6,123 words) - 08:07, 2 May 2024 |
In physics, non-Hermitian quantum mechanics, describes quantum mechanical systems where Hamiltonians are not Hermitian. Parity–time (PT) symmetry was initially... 10 KB (1,190 words) - 20:36, 3 October 2023 |
Quantum statistical mechanics is statistical mechanics applied to quantum mechanical systems. In quantum mechanics a statistical ensemble (probability... 8 KB (1,321 words) - 19:04, 10 March 2024 |
The old quantum theory is a collection of results from the years 1900–1925 which predate modern quantum mechanics. The theory was never complete or self-consistent... 32 KB (4,796 words) - 17:11, 9 April 2024 |
a glossary for the terminology often encountered in undergraduate quantum mechanics courses. Cautions: Different authors may have different definitions... 17 KB (2,522 words) - 04:34, 21 July 2023 |