University Physics Notes: Quantum Mechanics – The Simple Harmonic Oscillator - Summary



The simple harmonic oscillator models the motion of a wavefunction subject to the potential function illustrated below.

The Schrodinger equation becomes

The first few solutions, in order of increasing energy, are shown below. In this tableand

Quantum Number

Energy Eigenvalue

Wavefunction

0

1

2

3

4

These wavefunctions are illustrated below. The minimum possible energy is .

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