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Wave Packet Dispersion


	Time-evolved snapshots of wave packets .
	Time-evolved snapshots of wave packets .

	Contributed by: Michael Trott

— dispersion relation exponent

— carrier wave vector

— wave vector spacing

— number of waves to form the superposition

Wave packets (localized wave trains) can be formed by the superposition of plane waves with slightly different wave vectors. Depending in the form of the dispersion relation, the wave packets can change shape with time.

Dispersion (ScienceWorld)

"Wave Packet Dispersion" from The Wolfram Demonstrations Project
http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/WavePacketDispersion/

Contributed by: Michael Trott

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