Quantum wavefunctions representation with python language

Jiang, Jhe-Yua;Lin, Jyh Shinga

Published Nov 15, 2019• 0 citations

Abstract

The Particle in a box (PIAB) is the most representative model to be used and illustrated for exactly solving the Schrodinger equation in quantum physics. However, as the degrees of freedom of this PIAB model from one dimensional case to three dimensional case the solutions of its wavefunction will become more difficult to visualize and comprehend. Therefore, in this research work we employed the most popular python programming language with its diverse workable modules and its diverse visualizing modules to easily obtain the visualizing representation, that is, isosurface, of solvable wavefunction of PIAB model in three dimensional case. Furthermore, this isosurface of wavefunction enables us to explore its interesting properties of wavefunction based on their different nx, ny and nz quantum numbers. Consequently, we are able to gain a very deep insight into this complex wavefunction of PIAB model in three dimensional case.

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