Key Points
- Matter also displays wavelike behavior where wavelength
= h/p. Diffraction of electrons. Quantization of vibrational energy.
- What is "waving"? Wavefunction -- probablity of an
electron existing at a point.
- Calculate wavefunction from diff. eq called
Schrodinger's Eq.
- For "free electrons" V=0 and we get a plane wave
solution for which
the wavelength is 2pi/k and p = hk.
Questions
- What is the quantum mechanical wavefunction? How do we
determine it?
- Give an example of the wave like behaviour of matter.
- What is the free electron solution of Schrodinger's
Eq.?