kinetic energy operator

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Available identifiers

WikidataQ112658527 ScholiaQ112658527MaRDI QIDQ6674108

operator representing the kinetic energy of a quantum system

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.

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

$\hat{P}$ 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

Quantities specializing kinetic energy operator

heavy particle kinetic operator

light particle kinetic operator

Related URL

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

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