[Phys-l] Fwd: CMNS: Schrodinger pressure

[ludwik kowalski <kowalskil@mail.montclair.edu>]

I am forwarding this message, from another list, because some of you  
will probably benefit from it.

Ludwik
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Begin forwarded message:

> From: Scott Little <little@earthtech.org>
> Date: June 26, 2009 1:24:05 AM EDT
> To: CMNS group <cmns@googlegroups.com>
> Subject: CMNS: Schrodinger pressure
> Reply-To: cmns@googlegroups.com
>
> Ed,
>
> As it turns out, not many references describe Schrodinger  
> pressure...but I found one that does.   It is "Quantum Mechanics" by  
> Jean-Louis Basdevant, Jean Dalibard, and Manuel Joffre.   Here is  
> the salient excerpt (copied from a Google Book search):
>
>
>
> Please note the opening sentence, "....how the uncertainty relations  
> lead to...etc".    Basdevant's equation 19.1 is the very same  
> equation I have for the kinetic energy of the electron in the H atom  
> (their "xi" is my "r").  It's the 4th equation in my simple-minded  
> presentation (repeated below for convenience):
>
> \\\
>
>
> Ed, I trust you will now at least accept that QM tells us that the  
> ground state of the H atom is the lowest possible energy state for  
> one electron and one proton.
>
> OK?

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