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Associated Hermite polynomials arise as the solution of the Schrödinger equation: , with , , and so on. A degenerate, unnormalized, complex-valued wavefunction for the three-dimensional case can be given by:

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where , , are eigenfunctions, and are permuted eigenenergies of the corresponding stationary one-dimensional Schrödinger equation with . The eigenfunctions are defined by

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where , , are Hermite polynomials. The parameter is a constant phase shift. The eigenvalues' numbers depend on the three quantum numbers .

In this Demonstration, the wavefunction is defined by:

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In this case, the square of the Schrödinger wavefunction , where is its complex conjugate, is not time dependent:

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The velocity field is calculated from the gradient of the phase from the total wavefunction in the eikonal form (often called polar form) . The time-dependent phase function from the total wavefunction is:

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The corresponding velocity field becomes time independent (autonomous) because of the time-independent gradient of the phase function.

In the program, if PlotPoints, AccuracyGoal, PrecisionGoal, MaxSteps, and MaxIterations are enabled, increasing them will give more accurate results.

References

[1] "Bohmian-Mechanics.net." (Jul 30, 2015) www.bohmian-mechanics.net/index.html.

[2] S. Goldstein. "Bohmian Mechanics." The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. (Jul 30, 2015)plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-bohm.