Abstract
We discuss some of the properties of the 'collision' of a quantum mechanical wave packet with an infinitely high potential barrier, focusing on novel aspects such as the detailed time dependence of the momentum-space probability density and the time variation of the uncertainty principle product Δxt · Δpt. We make explicit use of Gaussian-like wave packets in the analysis, but also comment on other general forms.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 29-37 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | European Journal of Physics |
Volume | 20 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1999 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Physics and Astronomy