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Investigating student understanding of the stationary state wavefunction for a system of identical particles
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Christof Keebaugh, Emily Marshman, and Chandralekha Singh
We discuss an investigation of student difficulties with concepts related to the many-particle stationary state wavefunction for a system of non-interacting fermions or bosons in cases in which the many-particle stationary state wavefunction can be written as the product of the spatial and spin parts. The investigation was carried out in advanced quantum mechanics courses by administering free-response and multiple-choice questions and conducting individual interviews with students. We find that students share many common difficulties related to these concepts. Many students struggled to write a many-particle stationary state wavefunction consistent with the symmetrization requirements for the system, i.e., a completely antisymmetric wavefunction for a system of fermions or a completely symmetric wavefunction for a system of bosons. We discuss the common difficulties pertaining to these concepts that can be used as a guide to develop research-validated learning tools.
Physics Education Research Conference 2020
Part of the PER Conference series Virtual Conference: July 22-23, 2020 Pages 266-271
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=15494">Keebaugh, C, E. Marshman, and C. Singh. "Investigating student understanding of the stationary state wavefunction for a system of identical particles." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2020, Virtual Conference, July 22-23, 2020.</a>
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C. Keebaugh, E. Marshman, and C. Singh, , presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2020, Virtual Conference, 2020, WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15494&DocID=5342).
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C. Keebaugh, E. Marshman, and C. Singh, Investigating student understanding of the stationary state wavefunction for a system of identical particles, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2020, Virtual Conference, 2020, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15494&DocID=5342>.
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Keebaugh, C., Marshman, E., & Singh, C. (2020, July 22-23). Investigating student understanding of the stationary state wavefunction for a system of identical particles. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2020, Virtual Conference. Retrieved April 24, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15494&DocID=5342
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Keebaugh, C, E. Marshman, and C. Singh. "Investigating student understanding of the stationary state wavefunction for a system of identical particles." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2020, Virtual Conference, July 22-23, 2020. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15494&DocID=5342 (accessed 24 April 2024).
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Keebaugh, Christof, Emily Marshman, and Chandralekha Singh. "Investigating student understanding of the stationary state wavefunction for a system of identical particles." Physics Education Research Conference 2020. Virtual Conference: 2020. 266-271 of PER Conference. 24 Apr. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15494&DocID=5342>.
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Author = "Christof Keebaugh and Emily Marshman and Chandralekha Singh",
Title = {Investigating student understanding of the stationary state wavefunction for a system of identical particles},
BookTitle = {Physics Education Research Conference 2020},
Pages = {266-271},
Address = {Virtual Conference},
Series = {PER Conference},
Month = {July 22-23},
Year = {2020}
}
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