It's a, what we call a wave function.

这是一个，我们称之为波函数。

The wave function is the mathematical function that describes it.

波函数是描述它的数学函数。

Lots of fancy math is involved in writing out these wave functions and understanding them.

写出这些波函数并理解它们涉及许多奇特的数学。

They behave based on quantum mechanical, 3-dimensional wave functions, probabilistic distributions of electrons in space.

它们的行为基于量子力学、3 维波函数、空间电子的概率分布。

When energy is dumped into the electron field, electrons exist inside a wave function.

当能量倾倒到电子场中时， 电子存在于波函数内。

Wait, are you saying if we combine my experiment with your calculations, we can determine the precise moment in time when the wave function collapses?

等等，你是在说如果我们将我的实验和你的计算结合起来的话我们就可以精确地知道波函数坍缩的发生时刻了吗? 每一种版本的哥本哈根诠释，都会包括一个正式版本的波函数坍缩在内，波函数坍缩指的是某些量子力学体系与外界发生某些作用后波函数发生突变，变为其中一个本征态或有限个具有相同本征值的本征态的线性组合的现象？

The smaller the dots are, the more they compress the wave function of an electron, increasing its energy so that the dot appears blue.

点越小，它们压缩电子波函数的程度就越大，从而增加其能量，使点呈现蓝色。

The simplest of these wave functions is the s orbital, which can contain 2 electrons and is a spherical pattern of standing waves around the nucleus.

这些波函数中最简单的是 s 轨道，它可以包含 2 个电子并且是围绕原子核的驻波的球形图案。

In physics, you can understand a bouncing ball as a nearly uncountable multitude of fundamental particles, each with its own wave function, and all held together by different kinds of forces at the quantum scale.

在物理学中，我们可将皮球视为无数基本粒子，每个基本粒子都有自己的波函数，各种超短距作用力将这些粒子结合成一个球。

It's an even more compelling question than, " What the heck is a quantum mechanical 3-dimensional wave function? " Well, of course, the answer to this question has a great deal to do with quantum mechanical 3-dimensional wave functions, so let's start there.

这是一个比“量子力学 3 维波函数到底是什么？ ”更引人注目的问题， 当然，这个问题的答案与量子力学 3 维波函数有很大关系， 所以让我们从那里开始。