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=====Lecture on the Derivation of the Hamiltonian in terms of Reduced Mass (20 minutes)=====


{{courses:lecture:cflec:central_forces_notes.pdf|Central Forces Notes}} Section 14.

  * This optional lecture can help students see how a two particle quantum system can be reduced to a one-particle reduced mass quantum system together with the quantum system for the center of mass motion.  This topic is quite sophisticated.  Open this can of worms at your own peril.

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