Potential energy operator

operator representing the potential energy of a quantum system

Corresponding Quantity Kind: quantum mechanical operator

Description

In quantum mechanics, this is the operator representing the potential energy of a quantum system. Typically, a function of the positions of the particles. Hence, a multiplicative operator.

Specializations

quantum-classical potential

Further links

Item	Property
Hamiltonian 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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