Quantum Kinetic Operator

Available identifiers

MaRDI 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.

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

$\hat{P}$ symbol represents Quantum Momentum Operator

$\hat{T}$ symbol represents Quantum Kinetic Operator

$\hslash$ symbol represents Planck Constant

$M$ symbol represents Mass

$R$ symbol represents Position

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Quantities specializing Quantum Kinetic Operator

Heavy Particle Kinetic Operator

Light Particle Kinetic Operator

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