Modern Physics for Engineers Lecture slides 06d – The nature of the particle-in-a-box solutions
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This lecture part uses the solutions to the particle-in-a-box problem to illustrate several general behaviors found in quantum mechanics, including the notion of only specific allowed energy "states", quantum numbers that label these states, the notion of "parity" or odd or even symmetry of wavefunctions, and other quantum mechanical behaviors, including "zero-point energy", and points in space that the electron in a given state will never be found. This particle-in-a-box problem allows simple estimates of the energies of quantum mechanical electron states when the electron is "quantum-confined" in a small space.
Source: Stanford Digital Repository
DOI: 10.25740/fr754sk2761
Author: Miller, David
Language: English
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6889608680
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