Problem 8.5

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Shown are 5 different free quantum mechanical packets.  The top panel shows phase as color and the bottom panel shows the real and imaginary parts of the wave function.  In the animation, ħ = 2m = 1. 

Rank the packets according to:

  1. their momentum (meaning <px>)

  2. their kinetic energy (meaning <T>)

  3. their total energy (meaning <E> = <H>)

 

 

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