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Various Representation of Wave Function | Quantum Mechanics

Various Representation of Wave Function

Wave function in position space is represented by $\psi(x)$

Wave function in momentum space or k -space is:

$\phi(p)=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}\pi\hbar}\intop_{-\infty}^{\infty}\psi(x)e^{-i\frac{p}{\hbar}x}dx$

Inverse relation:

$\psi(x)=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}\pi\hbar}\intop_{-\infty}^{\infty}\phi(p)e^{i\frac{p}{\hbar}x}dp$

If a wave function is normalized in position space, it will be normalized in momentum space. But the normalization constant may be different.

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