On Mon, Nov 4, 2024 at 6:00 PM Alan Grayson <[email protected]> wrote:
*>> Please give me a specific example of what you're talking about * > > > *> It's ALWAYS presented as NON-RELATIVISTIC. I'm surprised you are > unaware of this. AG * > *OK now I see what you're talking about and you're right, when things are moving very fast you need Dirac's equation as well as Schrodinger's. Perhaps I should've been a little more precise in my language and instead of saying Schrodinger's equation is the ultimate reality I should've been saying the quantum wave function, which is approximated by Schrodinger and made precise by Dirac, is the ultimate reality. * *> And the observable problems that produces are ......? * > > > *> I suppose that when the velocity of a particle is comparable to the > SoL, the result of Schrodinger's equation will differ substantially from > those of the Dirac equation, but offhand I can't offer a specific example. > AG* > *I can give you an example , for the lighter elements Schrodinger's equation can accurately predict their spectral lines. but for the heavier elements like uranium the electrons are going around so fast that they are relativistic, so you need Dirac's help. * *John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis>* mpd -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv0yFuKcOuGMv2%2B1eatB0%3DhNC-oveWgM4FNsELH8Bs5hjA%40mail.gmail.com.
