AP Physics 2 › Other Principles of Quantum Mechanics
The expectation value of a particle in a quantum system tells us what about the particle?
A proton is confined to a one-dimensional box of length . It has an energy equal to that of a photon with a wavelength of
. What excited state is the proton in? (Remember, the first excited state is where
since the ground state is
).
If a particle in a quantum system is bounded, this means what about the calculated particle energy?
The square modulus of the wavefunction, given as , contains what information about a particle in a quantum system?