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Figure 2.2 Wave functions and probability densities for a particle in a onedimensional box of length a.

Within the classically allowed region, the wave function and the probability density oscillate with n nodes outside that region the wave function and probability density rapidly approach zero with no nodes. 

Schrodinger s wave equation describes ultimate reality in terms of wave functions and probabilities... 

Owing to the effects of mechanical anharmonicity - to which we shall refer in future simply as anharmonicity since we encounter electrical anharmonicity much less frequently -the vibrational wave functions are also modified compared with those of a harmonic oscillator. Figure 6.6 shows some wave functions and probability density functions (i//, i// )2 for an anharmonic oscillator. The asymmetry in ifjv and (i// i//,)2. compared with the harmonic oscillator wave functions in Figure 1.13, increases their magnitude on the shallow side of the potential curve compared with the steep side. 

We can diagram the solutions to the particle-in-a-box problem conveniently by showing a plot of the wave function that corresponds to each energy level. The energy level, wave function, and probability distribution are shown in Fig. 12.14 for the first three levels. 

It is quite reasonable that the electrostatic theorem follows from the Bom-Oppenheimer approximation, since the rapid motion of the electrons allows the electronic wave function and probability density to adjust immediately to changes in nuclear configuration. The rapid motion of the electrons causes the sluggish nuclei to see the electrons as a charge cloud, rather than as discrete particles. The fact that the effective forces on the nuclei are electrostatic affirms that there are no mysterious quantum-mechanical forces acting in molecules. 

Distinguish between i (wave function) and (probability density) understand the meaning of electron density diagrams and radial probability distribution plots describe the hierarchy of quantum numbers, the hierarchy of levels, sublevels, and orbitals, and the shapes and nodes of s, p, and d orbitals and determine quantum numbers and sublevel designations ( 7.4) (SPs 7.4-7.6) (EPs 1.35-1 Al)... 

Marcus R A 1970 Extension of the WKB method to wave functions and transition probability amplitudes (S-matrix) for inelastic or reactive collisions Chem. Phys. Lett. 7 525-32... 

Equality between the 1, 2 wave function and the modulus of the 2, 1 wave function, v /(j2, i), shows that they have the same curve shape in space after exchange as they did before, which is necessary if their probable locations are to be the same. The phase factor orients one wave function relative to the other in the complex plane, but Eq. (9-17) is simplified by one more condition that is always true for particle exchange. When exchange is canied out twice on the same particle pair, the operation must produce the original configuration of particles... 

Yilmaz, H., Phys. Rev. 100, 1148, "Wave functions and transition probabilities for light atoms." A perturbation expansion based on the functions of Morse-Young-Haurwitz. 

The modulation of the charge of the adsorbed atom by the vibrations of heavy particles leads to a number of additional effects. In particular, it changes the electron and vibrational wave functions and the electrostatic energy of the adatom. These effects may also influence the transition probability and its dependence on the electrode potential. 

There needs to be some physical interpretation of the wave function and its relationship to the state of the system. One interpretation is that the square of the wave function, ip2, is proportional to the probability of finding the parts of the system in a specified region of space. For some problems in quantum mechanics, differential equations arise that can have solutions that are complex (contain (-l)1/2 = i). In such a case, we use ip ip, where ip is the complex conjugate of ip. The complex conjugate of a function is the function that results when i is replaced by — i. Suppose we square the function (a + ib) ... 

The empirical approach [7] was by far the most fruitful first attempt. The idea was to fit a few Fourier coefficients or form factors of the potential. This approach assumed that the pseudopotential could be represented accurately with around three Fourier form factors for each element and that the potential contained both the electron-core and electron-electron interactions. The form factors were generally fit to optical properties. This approach, called the Empirical Pseudopotential Method (EPM), gave [7] extremely accurate energy band structures and wave functions, and applications were made to a large number of solids, especially semiconductors. [8] In fact, it is probably fair to say that the electronic band structure problem and optical properties in the visible and UV for the standard semiconductors was solved in the 1960s and 1970s by the EPM. Before the EPM, even the electronic structure of Si, which was and is the prototype semiconductor, was only partially known. 

Defects with large central cell correction have very localized wave functions. The larger the correction, the more localized the wave function and the higher the probability of interaction between the core (or central cell) and the electron and/or the exciton bound to the defect. Hence the reason why the line is so much smaller than the Q line in the spectrum, as well as the reason why the phonon replicas to the Q-line, is simply a matter of probability, since the central cell correction is so much larger for a nitrogen defect on a cubic site than a hexagonal site. 

Selection of orbitals to include in an MCSCF requires first and foremost a consideration of die chemistry being examined. For instance, in the TMM example above, a two-configuration wave function is probably not a very good choice in this system. When the orbitals being considered belong to a tt system, it is typically a good idea to include all of them, because as a rule they are all fairly close to one another in energy. Thus, a more complete active space for TMM would consider all four jt orbitals and the possible ways to distribute the four TT electrons within them. MCSCF active space choices are often abbreviated as (m,n) where m is the number of electrons and n is the number of orbitals, so this would be a (4,4) calculation. 

Fix any observable and any wave function . The probabilities governing repeated measurements of the observable on particles in the state corresponding to can be calculated from the coefficients in the expression of as a superposition of base states for the given observable. To calculate these probabilities it suffices to calculate quantifies of the form... 

At this point it is important to distinguish between the terms electronic state and electronic orbitals. An electronic orbital is defined as that volume element of space in which there is a high probability (99.9%) of finding the electron. It is calculated from the one-electron wave function and is assumed to be independent of all other electrons in the molecule. 

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