Kinetic energy operator

operator representing the kinetic energy of a quantum system

dimensional quantity, quantity

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Description

In quantum mechanics, this is the (position representation of the) kinetic energy operator a quantum system in Cartesian coordinates. Obviously, a derivative operator acting on a (position representation) wave function.

Formula(s) and quantities

Defining Formula: $\hat{T}\equiv \frac{{\hat{P}}^2}{2M}=-\frac{{\hslash }^2}{2M}{\mathrm{\nabla }}_R^2$

$\hat{P}$ symbol represents momentum operator

$\hat{T}$ symbol represents kinetic energy operator

$\hslash$ symbol represents reduced Planck constant

$M$ symbol represents mass

$R$ symbol represents position vector

Specializations

heavy particle kinetic operator, light particle kinetic operator

Related URL

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamiltonian_(quantum_mechanics),
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q660488

Further links

Item	Property
Hamiltonian operator	symbol represents
kinetic energy operator	symbol represents
quantum mechanical operator	specialized by
time-dependent Schrödinger equation (Lie-Trotter)	symbol represents
time-dependent Schrödinger equation (Strang-Marchuk)	symbol represents

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