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The quantum pendulum is fundamental in understanding hindered internal rotations in chemistry, quantum features of scattering atoms as well as numerous other quantum phenomena. Though a pendulum not subject to the small-angle approximation has an inherent non-linearity, the Schrödinger equation for the quantized system can be solved relatively easily. ==Schrödinger Equation== Using Lagrangian theory from classical mechanics, one can develop a Hamiltonian for the system. A simple pendulum has one generalized coordinate (the angular displacement ) and two constraints (the length of the string is constant and there is no motion along the z axis). The kinetic energy and potential energy of the system can be found to be as follows: : : This results in the Hamiltonian: : The time-dependent Schrödinger equation for the system is as follows: : One must solve the time-independent Schrödinger equation to find the energy levels and corresponding eigenstates. This is best accomplished by changing the independent variable as follows: : : This is simply Mathieu's equation where the solutions are Mathieu functions : 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Quantum pendulum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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