How Can You Calculate Landau Level Orbitals and Wavefunctions?

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This discussion focuses on calculating Landau level orbitals and wavefunctions, specifically for electron states. Participants seek resources to visualize these orbitals similar to hydrogen atom orbitals and inquire about methods to compute them. The probability density, defined as the square of the wavefunction, is highlighted as a crucial aspect of this calculation. A reference link to a detailed description of the topic is provided, although it lacks visual representations.

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  • Understanding of quantum mechanics principles
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  • Knowledge of Landau levels in physics
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hey,

i am concerned with landau levels and wanted to ask you whether you have a link, where one can see the orbitals- just like the orbitals for the hydrogen atom- for at least a few electron states?

otherwise it would be sufficient if you could give me a hint how to calculate them.

i guess, i need to calculate the probability density as the square of the wavefunction.

but how do I get the orbitals, which should be the most probable 90%?

does anyone here have an idea?
 
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