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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 expressed by:

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

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where , , and are Hermite polynomials. The parameter is a constant phase shift, and the energies depend on the quantum numbers, with , with .

For 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 time independent:

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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 gradient of the phase function.

In the program, if PlotPoints, AccuracyGoal, PrecisionGoal, MaxSteps, and MaxIterations are enabled and increased, the results will be more accurate.

References

[1] "Bohmian-Mechanics.net." (June 10, 2015) www.bohmian-mechanics.net/index.html.

[2] S. Goldstein. "Bohmian Mechanics." The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. (June 10, 2015)plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-bohm.