Wave Fns Overlap: Electron & Hole WF

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Electron and hole wave functions overlap when two electrons occupy the same spatial location simultaneously, effectively behaving as a single particle. This phenomenon occurs due to the nature of electron orbitals, which consist of pairs of electrons. When the wave functions of these electrons overlap, they can be conceptualized as merging into one entity, although interpretations may vary among physicists.

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what are electron and hole wave functions? how they overlap
 
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ohopu said:
what are electron and hole wave functions? how they overlap

They simply overlap, two electrons are at the same place.. at the same time.

And actually electron orbitals are composed of two electrons, two behave as one particle... you can imagine if two wave functions overlap it's sort of like these two functions become one a.k.a the particles merge. But that depends on your interpretation
 

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