Derivation of Schrodinger Wave Equation
Schrodinger Equation is a mathematical expression which describes the change of a physical quantity over time in which the quantum effects like wave-particle duality are significant. The Schrodinger Equation has two forms the time-dependent Schrodinger Equation and the time-independent Schrodinger Equation. The time-dependent Schrodinger Wave Equation derivation is provided here so that students can learn the concept more effectively.
Questions related to the derivation of the Schrodinger Wave Equation is one of the most commonly asked questions in board exams and various competitive exams. The derivation of the Schrodinger Wave Equation is given below in such a way that students understand the concept in an interesting and easy manner.
Schrodinger Wave Equation Derivation (Time-Dependent)
Considering a complex plane wave:
Now the Hamiltonian of a system is
Where ‘V’ is the potential energy and ‘T’ is the kinetic energy. As we already know that ‘H’ is the total energy, we can rewrite the equation as:
Now taking the derivatives,
We know that,
where ‘λ’ is the wavelength and ‘k’ is the wavenumber.
We have
Therefore,
Now multiplying Ψ (x, t) to the Hamiltonian we get,
The above expression can be written as:
We already know that the energy wave of a matter wave is written as
So we can say that
Now combining the right parts, we can get the Schrodinger Wave Equation.