- #106
atyy
Science Advisor
- 15,168
- 3,374
WannabeNewton said:Where in QM is a wave packet identified with a particle? It is well known that such an interpretation is highly limited and as such rather useless beyond visualization. Not only is such an interpretation restricted to single-particle systems, but also it only holds for those systems wherein the wave-packet does not spread under the Schrodinger equation so it will work for the harmonic oscillator but not for the free particle.
ψ(x1) is identified with 1 particle.
ψ(x1,x2) is identified with 2 particles.
ψ(x1,x2,x3) is identified with 3 particles.