Archivo: StationaryStatesAnimation

Description: Three wavefunction solutions to the Time-Dependent Schrödinger equation for a harmonic oscillator. Left: The real part (blue) and imaginary part (red) of the wavefunction. Right: The probability of finding the particle at a certain position. The top two rows are the lowest two energy eigenstates, and the bottom is the superposition state ψN=(ψ0+ψ1)/2{\displaystyle \psi _{N}=(\psi _{0}+\psi _{1})/{\sqrt {2}}}, which is not an energy eigenstate. The right column illustrates why energy eigenstates are also called "stationary states".
Title: StationaryStatesAnimation
Credit: Own work
Author: Sbyrnes321
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Zero, Public Domain Dedication
License: CC0
License Link: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en
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