From Particle-in-a-Box Thought Experiment to a Complete Quantum Theory?

26 July 2023, Version 19
This content is a preprint and has not undergone peer review at the time of posting.

Abstract

Einstein: God does not play dice and nothing travels faster than the speed of light. Schrödinger: My cat cannot be both dead and alive. Dirac: The existing quantum theory should not be considered to be the final solution. Feynman: How does it work? de Broglie: My matter wave has an imaginary part. Me: Great! This could be the missing piece the others have been looking for.

Keywords

Particle in a box
quantum rotation
rotational quantum numbers
hydrogen atom energy functions
atomic orbitals
quantum harmonic oscillator

Supplementary materials

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SI
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MATLAB codes and movies
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V4 rotation Y10Y11Y1n1.gif
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Rotation wavefunction.
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V1 PIAB movie gif
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Particle in a box solution.
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V3 ClassicalRotationY10Y11Y1n1
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Classical rotation wavefunction.
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