Affiliation: Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Doctoral advisor: Murray Gell-Mann.
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Barton Zwiebach's quantum-physics teaching derives probability current from the Schrödinger equation. Comparing the equation with its complex conjugate converts change of local probability density into the divergence of a flux. A wavefunction's spatial phase therefore determines motion that its magnitude alone does not reveal. The derivation connects a complex amplitude with conservation of total probability when no flux escapes through the boundary.[ref]
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