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Translational motion in one dimension

Peter Joshua Atkins, Julio de Paula, Ronald Friedman

Published Dec 12, 2013• 0 citations

Abstract

Contents Free motion 73 Brief illustration 9.1: The wavefunction of a freely moving particle 74 Confined motion: the particle in a box 74 The acceptable solutions 75 Brief illustration 9.2: The energy of a particle in a box 76 The properties...

DOI: 10.1093/hesc/9780199609819.003.0014

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