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3.1\u00a0<\/span>Wave Functions<\/span><\/a><\/div>\r\n
3.2\u00a0<\/span>The Heisenberg U<\/span>ncertainty Principle<\/span><\/a><\/div>\r\n
3.3\u00a0<\/span>The Schr\u04e7dinger Equation<\/span><\/a><\/div>\r\n
3.4\u00a0<\/span>The Quantum Particle in a Box<\/span><\/a><\/div>\r\n
3.5\u00a0<\/span>The Quantum Harmonic Oscillator<\/span><\/a><\/div>\r\n
3.6\u00a0<\/span>The Quantum Tunneling of Particles through Potential Barriers<\/span><\/a><\/div>\r\n
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Quantum mechanics is a powerful framework for understanding the motions and interactions of particles at small scales, such as atoms and molecules. The ideas behind quantum mechanics often appear quite strange. In many ways, our everyday experience with the macroscopic physical world does not prepare us for the microscopic world of quantum mechanics. The purpose of this chapter is to introduce you to this exciting world.<\/p>\r\n

Pictured above is a quantum-computer processor. This device is the \u201cbrain\u201d of a quantum computer that operates at near-absolute zero temperatures. Unlike a digital computer, which encodes information in binary digits (definite states of either zero or one), a quantum computer encodes information in quantum bits or qubits (mixed states of zero\u00a0and\u00a0<\/em>one). Quantum computers are discussed in the first section of this chapter.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n \r\n

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3.1\u00a0<\/span>Wave Functions<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
3.2\u00a0<\/span>The Heisenberg U<\/span>ncertainty Principle<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
3.3\u00a0<\/span>The Schr\u04e7dinger Equation<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
3.4\u00a0<\/span>The Quantum Particle in a Box<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
3.5\u00a0<\/span>The Quantum Harmonic Oscillator<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
3.6\u00a0<\/span>The Quantum Tunneling of Particles through Potential Barriers<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
Chapter 3 Review<\/a><\/div>\n
Chapter 3 Answer Key<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Quantum mechanics is a powerful framework for understanding the motions and interactions of particles at small scales, such as atoms and molecules. The ideas behind quantum mechanics often appear quite strange. In many ways, our everyday experience with the macroscopic physical world does not prepare us for the microscopic world of quantum mechanics. The purpose of this chapter is to introduce you to this exciting world.<\/p>\n

Pictured above is a quantum-computer processor. This device is the \u201cbrain\u201d of a quantum computer that operates at near-absolute zero temperatures. Unlike a digital computer, which encodes information in binary digits (definite states of either zero or one), a quantum computer encodes information in quantum bits or qubits (mixed states of zero\u00a0and\u00a0<\/em>one). Quantum computers are discussed in the first section of this chapter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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