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Wavefunctions
The complex function (x, t) which describes the particles probability distribution is a wavefunction.
This wavefunction must be governed by a wave equation analogous to the classical wave equation Schrodinger formulated
such an equation in 1927.
The more I ponder about the
physical part of Schr
odingers
theory, the more disgusting it
appears to me.
Heisenberg
The wavefunction of the particle is extended: some of the amplitude (i.e. the probability density) is outside the Coulomb barrier and so there is a chance that
the particle will be outside the
nucleus.