pith. sign in

arxiv: quant-ph/0512108 · v1 · submitted 2005-12-14 · 🪐 quant-ph

Image method solutions for free-particle wave packets

classification 🪐 quant-ph
keywords wavefree-particleimageinfinitepacketpacketssolutionswall
0
0 comments X
read the original abstract

Using analogs of familiar image methods in electrostatics and optics, we show how to construct closed form wave packet solutions of the two-dimensional free-particle Schrodinger equation in geometries restricted by two infinite wall barriers separated by an angle Theta = pi/N. As an example, we evaluate probability densities and expectation values for a zero-momentum wave packet solution initially localized in a pi/3 = 60 degree wedge. We review the time-development of zero-momentum wave packets placed near a single infinite wall barrier in an Appendix.

This paper has not been read by Pith yet.

discussion (0)

Sign in with ORCID, Apple, or X to comment. Anyone can read and Pith papers without signing in.