Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Department of Physics

Physics 8.04 Wed Oct 11 20:37:02 EDT 1995

Quantum Physics I, Spring 1995

Lecture Notes on Applications of the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle

• Statement of the Principle
• Application to a particle in a Box: The Energy of Confinement
  • Analysis
  • The Classical Limit
• Simple Harmonic Oscillator: Ground State/Zero Point Energy
  • Analysis
  • Ground State/Zero Point Energy
• Hydrogen Atom
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