Quantum carpets and Wigner functions

Irene Marzoli, O. M. Friesch, W. P. Schleich

Published Jan 1, 1998• 1 citation

Abstract

A particle confined to an infinitely deep potential well is the ideal toy model for studying the origin of the regular patterns appearing for many physical systems in the spacetime representation of the probability density. The Wigner function is a useful tool to bring out the role of interference in the formation of these so-called "quantum carpets".

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