Spatial correlations of two identical particles in one-dimensional harmonic oscillator potential

  • LIU Zhi-wei ,
  • SUN Bao-yuan
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  • School of Nuclear Science and Technology,Lanzhou University,Lanzhou,Gansu 730000,China

Received date: 2016-09-09

  Revised date: 2016-11-03

  Online published: 2017-04-20

Abstract

Inspired by a sample question in the textbook of quantum mechanics,the spatial correlations of two identical particles in the one-dimensional harmonic oscillator potential are discussed,where the exchange symmetry of wave function is assumed to be classical,symmetrical and anti-symmetrical,respectively. It is found that the results for free particles still hold for the one -dimensional harmonic oscillator bound states,namely,when the exchange symmetry is symmetrical,the two particles tend to draw close each other,the probability of two particles approaching each other( r→0) tends to be zero while when anti-symmetrical,which will be useful for understanding the quantum effects induced by the exchange symmetry.

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LIU Zhi-wei , SUN Bao-yuan . Spatial correlations of two identical particles in one-dimensional harmonic oscillator potential[J]. College Physics, 2017 , 36(4) : 6 -11 . DOI: 10.16854 /j.cnki.1000-0712.2017.04.002

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