Posmom: The Unobserved Observable

Bernard, Yves; Gill, Peter

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Posmom: The Unobserved Observable

Date

2010

Authors

Bernard, Yves

Gill, Peter

Publisher

American Chemical Society

Abstract

We have recently shown that the probability density S(s) of the position-momentum dot product s = rp of a particle can be computed efficiently from its wave function ψ(r). Here, by examining the H atom and LiH molecule, we show that S(s) yields insight i