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View SchemaAnatomy of a quantum `bounce'
| Authors | M. A. Doncheski, R. W. Robinett |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0307010 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0307010 |
| Journal | Eur. J. Phys. 20, 29 (1999) |
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 $\Delta x_t \cdot \Delta p_t$. We make explicit use of Gaussian-like wave packets in the analysis, but also comment on other general forms.
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