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On the conditions for physical admissibility of Schrödinger wave functions
Author(s) -
HuiYun Pan,
Sen Zhao Zu
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
international journal of quantum chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.484
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1097-461X
pISSN - 0020-7608
DOI - 10.1002/qua.560400504
Subject(s) - wave function , physics , schrödinger's cat , wave function collapse , position and momentum space , space (punctuation) , momentum (technical analysis) , position (finance) , quantum mechanics , classical mechanics , function (biology) , scattering , quantum , theoretical physics , quantum dynamics , quantum operation , computer science , finance , evolutionary biology , economics , biology , operating system
It is shown that the dispute about the conditions for physical admissibility of Schrödinger wave functions may be settled if the following two questions are clarified: (a) Are these condittions rooted in the foundations of quantum mechanics or invoked only for particular physical models? (b) Do we consider either the position‐space wave function or the momentum‐space wave function? Both the case of closed states and scattering states are considered. Some general remarks about these conditions are made in the Conclusion.