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Harmonic oscillator and phonons

 
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Feb22-13, 10:46 AM   #1
 

Harmonic oscillator and phonons


Consider a 1D-harmonic oscillator is in its nth state quantum mechanically with the wavefunction[itex]\psi_n(x)[/itex]. In other words, we can describe the system as if it has n phonons. Is there any relation between [itex]\psi_n(x)[/itex] and the n phonons' wave functions?
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