What is Cn in quantum mechanics?

[Tooba Sohail]

What is Cn in quantum mechanics?

 

[atyy]

What is the context in which you saw this?

 

[Tooba Sohail]

I saw in derivation of "sudden approximation"

 

[atyy]

Be more specific. Cn is just a symbol that is highly context dependent. There is no standard meaning of Cn.

 

[berkeman]

I saw in derivation of "sudden approximation"

Remember my tip to post links to your reading -- that will help us a lot in answering your question.

Does this old PF thread help?

https://www.physicsforums.com/threa...al-wave-solutionbasic-quantum-physics.132432/

 

[Tooba Sohail]

ι∅(t) = ∑Cne^iEnt/h

 

[Tooba Sohail]

Remember my tip to post links to your reading -- that will help us a lot in answering your question.

Does this old PF thread help?

https://www.physicsforums.com/threa...al-wave-solutionbasic-quantum-physics.132432/

Ok

 

[atyy]

ι∅(t) = ∑Cne^iEnt/h

The equation contains a sum of terms indexed by the integer n, and n ranges from 1 to infinity.

Cn is the complex coefficient in term n.

You can see similar notation in http://lpsa.swarthmore.edu/Fourier/Series/ExFS.html

 

[Tooba Sohail]

The equation contains a sum of terms indexed by the integer n, and n ranges from 1 to infinity.

Cn is the complex coefficient in term n.

You can see similar notation in http://lpsa.swarthmore.edu/Fourier/Series/ExFS.html

Thanks for telling