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Coulomb wave function
alt=Irregular Coulomb wave function G plotted from 0 to 20 with repulsive and attractive interactions in Mathematica 13.1|thumb|Irregular Coulomb wave function G plotted from 0 to 20 with repulsive and attractive interactions in Mathematica 13.1
electron wave function
(physics) A function of the position and spin of an electron; related to the probability of finding the electron in a specified position
hybrid wave function
(physics) An approximation to a wave function made by taking a linear combination of simpler functions
Schrödinger wave function
(physics) A function which is a solution of Schrödinger's wave equation; the psi function
Wave function collapse
In quantum mechanics, wave function collapse, also called reduction of the state vector, occurs when a wave function—initially in a superposition of several eigenstates—reduces to a single eigenstate due to interaction with the external world.
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