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American Journal of Physics

The quantum mechanical Hamiltonian in curvilinear coordinates: A simple derivation

Henrik Grum Kjaergaard, Ole Sonnich Mortensen

Published Apr 1, 1990• 9 citations
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Abstract

The quantum mechanical Hamiltonian in curvilinear coordinates is obtained in a straightforward manner without using results from tensor analysis.
DOI
10.1119/1.16167

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