wave function inside a resonant cavity

Computer simulation of the evolution of the quantum mechanical wave function of electrons in a resonant cavity as a magnetic field is applied.

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• quantum
• mechanics
• waves
• physics
• simulation
• patterns
• resonance
• shroedinger

[TriKri]

Is what is shown in the simulation the ground state? Nothing seems to be moving, so I thought that what you have is an energy eigenstate, right?

[thunderbay63]

@TriKri

It's an open system, so in general, what you are seeing are not pure eigenstates. What's being varied during the movie is a perpendicular magnetic field, which is causing the wavefunction to evolve in the cavity. At the 17 second mark, there's a ring structure that pops up that's a resonant state that corresponds closely to an eigenstate of the analogous closed system . That eigenstate is not the ground state, but about the 100th or so in energy.

[perdigao1]

These waves, are they density waves or the real wave function?

[thunderbay63]

Psi squared.

[masterldl]

dont understand it..im just learning basic waves now lol!