Student difficulties with quantum states while translating state vectors in Dirac notation to wave functions in position and momentum representations
Physics Education
2016-02-18 v1 Quantum Physics
Abstract
We administered written free-response and multiple-choice questions and conducted individual interviews to investigate the difficulties that upper-level undergraduate and graduate students have with quantum states while translating state vectors in Dirac notation to wave functions in position and momentum representations. We find that students share common difficulties with translating a state vector written in Dirac notation to the wave function in position or momentum representation.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1509.04084,
title = {Student difficulties with quantum states while translating state vectors in Dirac notation to wave functions in position and momentum representations},
author = {Emily Marshman and Chandralekha Singh},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1509.04084},
year = {2016}
}