Surveying students' understanding of quantum mechanics in one spatial dimension

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 252-259

  Zhu, Guangtian ^a   Singh, Chandralekha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 84857469081     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.3677653     Document Type: Article

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