Revisiting elementary quantum mechanics with the BenDaniel-Duke boundary condition

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 412-418

  Singh, Vijay A ^a   Kumar, Luv ^b  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

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EID: 33646893296     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.2174031     Document Type: Article

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