Probability as a conceptual hurdle to understanding one-dimensional quantum scattering and tunnelling

European Journal of Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-59

  Domert, Daniel ^a   Linder, Cedric ^a,b   Ingerman, Åke ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

PHENOMENOGRAPHY; PROBABILITY DENSITY CURVE; QUANTUM SCATTERING; QUANTUM TUNNELLING;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 12844252553     PISSN: 01430807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0143-0807/26/1/006     Document Type: Article

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