January 19, 2011
#849: Complex Conjugate explain
[Cueball, holding a marker pen down in one hand, is standing at a whiteboard with two equations, one of which is the time-dependent Schrodinger equation and the other shows what the wavefunction equals, but from there it becomes unreadable. Below is a graph with a bell-shaped curve. There are also other unreadable markings on the board below the second equation and next to the graph.]
Cueball: Okay, anyone who’s feeling like they can’t handle the physics here should probably just leave now.
[In a frame-less panel Cueball is seen writing on the whiteboard. This is seen from the side of the board, so it is just a thin line with a shelf at the bottom for putting the pen on.]
Cueball: Because I’m multiplying the wavefunction by its complex conjugate.
Cueball: That’s right.
[Dramatic zoom in on Cueball appears to be writing the final part of his next equation.]
Cueball: Shit just got real.