The Quantum Harmonic Oscillator Part 1: The Classical Harmonic Oscillator

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  • For our third quantum problem we will visit harmonic oscillators. In a classical setting, this is like the ball on a spring we examined when learning about Hooke's law in the classical physics series. But this has quantum application as well, in modeling the vibrations of molecules and things of that nature. How do we calculate the energy of such a particle? Let's take a look!
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  • @regularskeleton1752
    @regularskeleton1752 2 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    i know these videos don't get as many views as your debunking videos, but honestly love the purely educational material, and i hope you keep making it.

  • @apostolosfilippos
    @apostolosfilippos 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Sorry for the off topic. Just want to say a big thank you. I am an electronics engineer that hated math with a passion. You explain it step by step and also quickly.

  • @jbirdmax
    @jbirdmax 2 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    I’m watching this and said to my wife: “isn’t this so fascinating?” And she replied: “oh he lost me at hello” 😂

  • @TheMemesofDestruction
    @TheMemesofDestruction 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    “Oscillation Function, what’s your junction?” Thank you Professor! ^.^

  • @clintpauling8664
    @clintpauling8664 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Literally just did this in class, still cool to see it from you though!

  • @mnurkose7316
    @mnurkose7316 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Hey professor Dave! Could you please make a serious video on electrodynamics? My mom is having a hard time in her classes. Would be much appreciated

  • @riffraff2454
    @riffraff2454 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Welcome to the least toxic part of TH-cam where people are just looking to better there education

  • @scientist1905
    @scientist1905 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I was really waiting for this video...now hope the 2nd part will come soon... thank u so much

  • @andy-kg5fb
    @andy-kg5fb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Ok this is awesome! Clever derivations and all.

  • @wessamabd_el-naby2974
    @wessamabd_el-naby2974 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Our professor is going to explain this law at University tomorrow, so I am Lucky 😏😂

    • @wessamabd_el-naby2974
      @wessamabd_el-naby2974 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      But I am not perfect at English, so I am trying to understand well.😭😂😂

    • @wessamabd_el-naby2974
      @wessamabd_el-naby2974 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@user-ly4gy1iz2e Who you mean?

    • @peterpemrich6962
      @peterpemrich6962 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@user-ly4gy1iz2e his head must've exploded from all of the raw knowledge

  • @sebasrou5804
    @sebasrou5804 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Potential vs. Potential Energy question... At 2 minutes you state that F= -dV/dx, shouldn't this be F= -dU/dx (where U is the potential energy)?
    Potential would imply either voltage or gravitational potential. The derivative of the former wrt displacement would be the electric field; the latter would be the gravitational field.

    • @pilisaus
      @pilisaus 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      So basically, in quantum mechanics, we call the potential energy the potential, so they are the same.
      In quantum mechanics, we use a V for potential energy. (Idk why exactly)
      Late response, maybe you found the answer already...

  • @DidiestEva
    @DidiestEva 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    hi pr Dave !! your videos are fascinating and helped me a lot. Will you consider making videos on statistical thermodynamics ? This class is incredibly hard and i feel like your vids would clear that up nicely :)

  • @A_Frog8273
    @A_Frog8273 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for this Professor Dave

  • @roeelazar7438
    @roeelazar7438 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great video! But I must point on a tiny error. the second time derivative in Newton's second law is not partial

  • @alkiviadiskaminaris1594
    @alkiviadiskaminaris1594 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love your quantum series

  • @eggdish
    @eggdish ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cool vid! This is useful for my Intro to QM course, perhaps this series will help me better understand the quantum harmonic oscillator solution.
    I got thrown off by the solution to SHM equation using solutions to Schrodinger's equation. I think people are much more likely to know the solution to classic SHM than to Schrodinger equation with V=0.

  • @MisterItchy
    @MisterItchy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Because it is labelled Part 1, I thought, hey, I'll give it a listen. Let's see how far I get.
    Two minutes ... that's better than I thought!

  • @physicsworld1687
    @physicsworld1687 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Sir ....big fan of you ❤... From India 🤗

  • @dogwalker666
    @dogwalker666 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I Hated Differential Equations in collage, Thanks for making the explanation clearer.

  • @taylormoskalyk4483
    @taylormoskalyk4483 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Shouldn't Keff be squared???? In your other video (Particle in a Box Pt. I @ 3:37) you multiplied by (-2m/h^2) and subbed k (same eq. in both videos) which had only K^2 x Psi(x)... please help as this seems incongruent. Thank you Professor Dave, love the channel!!!!

    • @M_a_t_z_ee
      @M_a_t_z_ee ปีที่แล้ว

      You're right. I was looking for someone, who had already recognized this mistake. k²_{eff} = (2mE)/ħ² and this is what needs to stand @7:17 in order to bring the ħ²/(2m) from the left to the right side of the equation (I ignored the "-" here, because because the sign was transferred correctly).

    • @M_a_t_z_ee
      @M_a_t_z_ee ปีที่แล้ว

      Found another error: @16:21 he said that the total energy of the classical harmonic oscillator depends linearly on the initial velocity of the particle, but it depends quadratically on the initial velocity as is is correctly written in the formula.

  • @somenobody2837
    @somenobody2837 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This helped me in my physics exam.Thanks alot Prof.Dave!

  • @ricthe3rd98
    @ricthe3rd98 ปีที่แล้ว

    you're amazing! got learn quantum mechanics for my first exams as a first year chem engineering student XD

  • @hananeriabi8065
    @hananeriabi8065 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks

  • @felipecosentino3587
    @felipecosentino3587 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We need part 2 of the quantum harmonic Oscillator for our Physics Exam this week!!!!!!!! Please!

  • @Claudius_Ptolemy
    @Claudius_Ptolemy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hello Professor Dave, have you thought about making a video about light physics (I am not sure what it is called) or like, what Lux, Lumen and Candela are ?

  • @sunnyspotkidslearningvideos
    @sunnyspotkidslearningvideos 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    very informative

  • @pujamandal4016
    @pujamandal4016 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What happens when the potential is only in the limit 0 to +infinity..but potential become infinity in the negative x axis.

  • @soumyadeepbarman9394
    @soumyadeepbarman9394 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    F=-dv/dx meaning??? Can anyone tell me??

  • @Twentydragon
    @Twentydragon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "∂" is a "d"?

    • @ProfessorDaveExplains
      @ProfessorDaveExplains  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Kind of but it's for a partial derivative, check my mathematics playlist for review.

    • @Twentydragon
      @Twentydragon 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ProfessorDaveExplains Okay, thanks! I recognized the symbols, though I don't recall ever hearing that symbol called by that name. But it's just been about a decade since I took calc, so I've forgotten quite a bit.

  • @frenziedpanda7251
    @frenziedpanda7251 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Well ,admit it .Who else replays his INTRO🤣🙋‍♂️

  • @jimb4549
    @jimb4549 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think keff in the equation should be squared at 7:23

  • @vinvic1578
    @vinvic1578 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Damn right when I needed it !

  • @thomasolson7447
    @thomasolson7447 ปีที่แล้ว

    What if you do that partial derivative with repsect to 't' and there is a 't' in mass that we don't know about? The x(0) stuff kind of looks like the recursive polynomial sequence stuff. It goes in the diagnol matrix, I think. For change of basis. It's kind of a shortcut if you want to multiply A^n.

  • @BatMan-bi7hb
    @BatMan-bi7hb 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    what is the relationship between planck's constant and the amplitude

  • @ThamaratMoustafa
    @ThamaratMoustafa 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    thank you

  • @sourabhnain043
    @sourabhnain043 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks 🙏

  • @cinemaclips4497
    @cinemaclips4497 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have a question for when solving for the frequency. Shouldn't the quantity be in the standard units of mass which are in kilograms? It seems like you solved it in grams.

    • @michaelsommers2356
      @michaelsommers2356 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The CGS system is often used in physics. It's a perfectly good system (but the electrical units are weird).

  • @tejassharma8569
    @tejassharma8569 ปีที่แล้ว

    7:31 it should be (k_eff)^2 in the second equation NOT k_eff as it is (coefficient of psi(x))
    Also, use K for Kinetic Energy (not T) near the end.
    Otherwise, Awesome video.

  • @SCIPROlearning
    @SCIPROlearning 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    3rd

  • @armankashef9786
    @armankashef9786 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The equation should consist of $k_eff^2$ 7:20

  • @sciencenerd7639
    @sciencenerd7639 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    thanks

  • @sollinw
    @sollinw 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    VERY GOOOOD

  • @omonitordegaal3961
    @omonitordegaal3961 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why did you only use partial derivatives?

    • @michaelsommers2356
      @michaelsommers2356 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      In the general case, the variables depend on time as well as space.

  • @imalive4u169
    @imalive4u169 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I believe Nikola Tesla was close to inventing a dimensional tuner so to speak. Using 432 hz frequency might have worked. I wonder if he used more than one oscillator directing the vibrations into a single point against each other could've opened a door into another dimension. The guy might had been crazy but he was a genius. It makes me wonder if he used a more powerful source of energy instead of steam. Either way either destroying the world or opening a portal into another dimension would've been worth the risk.

  • @ameerbader3055
    @ameerbader3055 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hello proffesor,can you reply to a bunch of flat earthers that say that the universal gravitation law is wrong

    • @ProfessorDaveExplains
      @ProfessorDaveExplains  2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yeah, drop any object.

    • @michaelsommers2356
      @michaelsommers2356 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ProfessorDaveExplains That only works if the gravitational force exceeds the buoyant force.

    • @ProfessorDaveExplains
      @ProfessorDaveExplains  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep, which will be true for pretty much any substance except hydrogen or helium.

    • @michaelsommers2356
      @michaelsommers2356 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ProfessorDaveExplains Yes, but I wouldn't put it past a flat-Earther to "drop" a helium-filled balloon, and claim that gravity doesn't work.

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    @yalinyildirim7250 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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    @rassimsimou1594 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good

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  • @frogandspanner
    @frogandspanner 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    1:23 F equals *minus* k x, not "negative k x". Why have Merkins begun using this terminology? k or x may or may not be negative numbers, or odd or even numbers. Why not say "F equals negative odd k x"? That would be similarly wrong.

    • @ProfessorDaveExplains
      @ProfessorDaveExplains  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Um, no. “Minus” implies an operation. Subtraction. Negative implies a value. If either of the values are negative you can still apply negative to a negative number. It just becomes positive.

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    @user-kn6vb1sk5v ปีที่แล้ว

    please open an Arabic transiation

  • @dannyjackson5883
    @dannyjackson5883 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can the proffesor explain anything?

    • @dannyjackson5883
      @dannyjackson5883 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kirkhamandy I'm a freelance scientist my research luckily involves a small amount of basic maths. I find my work rewarding and purposeful

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    @bugnae9086 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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    @GaryGraham66 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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    First!

  • @sankarshanharidasan6751
    @sankarshanharidasan6751 ปีที่แล้ว

    Setting V=0 is not possible. It describes a particular state of the system where x=0. In short V is not uniformly 0 over the entire domain of displacement.