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Image method solutions for free-particle wave packets

Quantum Physics 2009-11-11 v1

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.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0512108,
  title  = {Image method solutions for free-particle wave packets},
  author = {R. W. Robinett},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0512108},
  year   = {2009}
}

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14 pages, 4 figures, to appear in Eur. J. Phys