Reflection of matter waves by a moving wall
Quantum Physics
2007-05-23 v2
Abstract
Reflection of a normal incident matter wave by a perfectly reflecting wall moving with a constant velocity is investigated. A surprising phenomenon is found-that if the the wall moves faster than the phase velocity of the incident wave, both the reflected and incident waves propagate in the same direction. This counter-intuitive result is an example which shows that common sense is not always credible when one deals with quantum problems.
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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0203054,
title = {Reflection of matter waves by a moving wall},
author = {Pi-Gang Luan and Yee-Mou Kao},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0203054},
year = {2007}
}
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