Particle in an Infinite Circular Well
Particle in an Infinite Circular Well
This Demonstration solves the quantum-mechanical problem of a particle confined to a disk, which can be called an infinite 2D circular well. The probability densities for several energy eigenstates are plotted. The azimuthal quantum number , equal to the number of angular nodes, determines the angular momentum . The radially excited state energies depend on the zeros of the Bessel function (kr).
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