Scattering of a Gaussian Wave Packet on an Infinite Wall

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Scattering of a Gaussian wavepacket on an infinite wall.
Contributed by: Michael Trott (March 2011)
Open content licensed under CC BY-NC-SA
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initial position — the initial position of the center of the wave packet
initial momentum — the initial momentum of the center of the wave packet
initial spread — the initial spread of the wave packet
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As distinct from bound state calculations, at spatial and temporal infinity many more things can happen in quantum mechanical scattering theories: normalization matters, flux versus probability density changes, and so on. This Demonstration treats the simplest possible example, the 1D scattering on a hard wall.
M. Belloni, M. A. Doncheski, R. W. Robinett. http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0408182
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"Scattering of a Gaussian Wave Packet on an Infinite Wall"
http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/ScatteringOfAGaussianWavePacketOnAnInfiniteWall/
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Published: March 7 2011