scholarly journals Strong evidence of normal heat conduction in a one-dimensional quantum system

2003 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Saito
Author(s):  
Frank S. Levin

Chapter 7 illustrates the results obtained by applying the Schrödinger equation to a simple pedagogical quantum system, the particle in a one-dimensional box. The wave functions are seen to be sine waves; their wavelengths are evaluated and used to calculate the quantized energies via the de Broglie relation. An energy-level diagram of some of the energies is constructed; on it are illustrations of the corresponding wave functions and probability distributions. The wave functions are seen to be either symmetric or antisymmetric about the midpoint of the line representing the box, thereby providing a lead-in to the later exploration of certain symmetry properties of multi-electron atoms. It is next pointed out that the Schrödinger equation for this system is identical to Newton’s equation describing the vibrations of a stretched musical string. The different meaning of the two solutions is discussed, as is the concept and structure of linear superpositions of them.


Physics ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emanuele Dalla Torre ◽  
Eran Sela

2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 1565-1568 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xue-Wei Li ◽  
Ya Li ◽  
Ji-Huan He

In this Open Forum, Liu et al. proved the equivalence between He-Lee 2009 variational principle and that by Tao and Chen (Tao, Z. L., Chen, G. H., Thermal Science, 17(2013), pp. 951-952) for one dimensional heat conduction. We confirm the correction of Liu et al.?s proof, and give a short remark on the history of the semi-inverse method for establishment of a generalized variational principle.


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