Real and imaginary parts of wave function

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A very general question:

What do the real and imaginary parts of a wave function correspond to physically?
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spastic said:
A very general question:

What do the real and imaginary parts of a wave function correspond to physically?
Cheers

nothing since we can modulate these by a phase, only the modulus square of the wave function is physical