The Galilean transformations are a set of equations that describe the relationship between the space-time coordinates of two reference systems that move uniformly relative to one another with a constant velocity. The aim of this question is to demonstrate that the free-particle one-dimensional Schrodinger equation for the wave function ψ(x, t) is invariant under Galilean transformations.
The free-particle one-dimensional Schrodinger equation for the wave function ψ(x, t) is represented as:$$\frac{\partial \psi}{\partial t} = \frac{-\hbar}{2m} \frac{\partial^2 \psi}{\partial x^2}$$Galilean transformation can be represented as:$$x' = x-vt$$where x is the position, t is the time, x' is the new position after the transformation, and v is the velocity of the reference system.
Applying the Galilean transformation in the Schrodinger equation we have:
[tex]$$\frac{\partial \psi}{\partial t}[/tex]
=[tex]\frac{\partial x}{\partial t} \frac{\partial \psi}{\partial x} + \frac{\partial \psi}{\partial t}$$$$[/tex]
=[tex]\frac{-\hbar}{2m} \frac{\partial^2 \psi}{\partial x^2}$$[/tex]
Substituting $x'
= [tex]x-vt$ in the equation we get:$$\frac{\partial \psi}{\partial t}[/tex]
= [tex]\frac{\partial}{\partial t} \psi(x-vt, t)$$$$\frac{\partial \psi}{\partial x} = \frac{\partial}{\partial x} \psi(x-vt, t)$$$$\frac{\partial^2 \psi}{\partial x^2} = \frac{\partial^2}{\partial x^2} \psi(x-vt, t)$$[/tex]
Substituting the above equations in the Schrodinger equation, we have:
[tex]$$\frac{\partial}{\partial t} \psi(x-vt, t) = \frac{-\hbar}{2m} \frac{\partial^2}{\partial x^2} \psi(x-vt, t)$$[/tex]
This shows that the free-particle one-dimensional Schrodinger equation is invariant under Galilean transformations. Therefore, we can conclude that the Schrodinger equation obeys the laws of Galilean invariance.
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