https://gdpark.blog/tags/scattering-states/Recent content in Scattering-States on gdpark.blogHugoenMon, 17 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://gdpark.blog/posts/quantum-mechanics-11-the-delta-function-potential/Mon, 17 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://gdpark.blog/posts/quantum-mechanics-11-the-delta-function-potential/Time for the delta-function potential — we sort out bound vs. scattering states, meet the Dirac delta, and motivate why V(x) = −αδ(x) is a solid model for electrons in a material.https://gdpark.blog/posts/quantum-mechanics-12-delta-function-potential-scattering-states-and-quantum-tunne/Mon, 17 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://gdpark.blog/posts/quantum-mechanics-12-delta-function-potential-scattering-states-and-quantum-tunne/Tackling the E>0 case of the delta-function potential — scattering states, complex exponentials that refuse to die, and how tunneling actually works.https://gdpark.blog/posts/quantum-mechanics-13-the-finite-square-well/Mon, 17 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://gdpark.blog/posts/quantum-mechanics-13-the-finite-square-well/Tackling the finite square well — the sneaky middle ground between the infinite well and the delta function — through bound states, boundary conditions, and all that fun stuff.