Anatomy of a quantum 'bounce'

M. A. Doncheski; R. W. Robinett

doi:10.1088/0143-0807/20/1/009

Anatomy of a quantum 'bounce'

M. A. Doncheski, R. W. Robinett

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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 Δx_t · Δp_t. We make explicit use of Gaussian-like wave packets in the analysis, but also comment on other general forms.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	29-37
Number of pages	9
Journal	European Journal of Physics
Volume	20
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0143-0807/20/1/009
State	Published - 1999

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