Quantum mechanics - Wave Mechanics, Schrodingers Equation, Particles

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photoelectric effect: Einstein's Nobel Prize-winning discovery

Know about quantum tunneling and how it affects the way a particle behaves toward its barrier

measurement of angular momentum components

Understand why quantum mechanics does not make absolute predictions but only predicts the different outcomes to happen

Learn about Niels Bohr and the difference of opinion between Bohr and Albert Einstein on quantum mechanics

Know about the element of uncertainty of nature in Niels Bohr's interpretation of quantum theory and its success despite Albert Einstein's objections

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Schrödinger expressed de Broglie’s hypothesis concerning the wave behaviour of matter in a mathematical form that is adaptable to a variety of physical problems without additional arbitrary assumptions. He was guided by a mathematical formulation of optics, in which the straight-line propagation of light rays can be derived from wave motion when the wavelength is small compared to the dimensions of the apparatus employed. In the same way, Schrödinger set out to find a wave equation for matter that would give particle-like propagation when the wavelength becomes comparatively small. According to classical mechanics, if a particle of mass m_e is ...(100 of 12931 words)

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