Short time propagation of a singular wave function: Some surprising results

Optics and Spectroscopy (English translation of Optika i Spektroskopiya)

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 330-335

  Marchewka, A ^a   Granot, E ^b   Schuss, Z ^c  

^a Kibbutzim College of Education   (Israel)

^b ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCHRODINGER EQUATION; WAVE FUNCTIONS; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

ABSORPTIVE POTENTIAL; PARTICLES DENSITY; SHORT-TIME EVOLUTION; SINGULAR WAVE FUNCTION;

WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 34548438857     PISSN: 0030400X     EISSN: 15626911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0030400X07080255     Document Type: Article

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