That blue, pixelated image, ladies and gentlemen, is the very first image of an atom’s electron orbital structure. In other words, you’re looking at the first picture of an atom’s wave function. Here, ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 10, No. 9 (Sep. 15, 1924), pp. 369-374 (6 pages) ...

At the heart of quantum mechanics is a mysterious equation known as the wave function. It helps explain the behavior of elementary particles, but also challenges the notion that there's only one ...

The form you should use may be given to you in a question, but if not, any one will do. If in doubt, \(k\cos (x - \alpha )\) usually works. These worked examples show the processes you'll need to go ...