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    In quantum mechanics, the particle in a box model (also known as the infinite potential well or the infinite square well) describes the movement of a...
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    In the physical sciences, a particle (or corpuscle in older texts) is a small localized object which can be described by several physical or chemical...
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    The general solutions of the Schrödinger equation for the particle in a box are ψ ( x ) = A e i k x + B e − i k x E = ℏ 2 k 2 2 m {\displaystyle \psi...
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  • In quantum mechanics, the case of a particle in a one-dimensional ring is similar to the particle in a box. The Schrödinger equation for a free particle...
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  • In quantum mechanics, the results of the quantum particle in a box can be used to look at the equilibrium situation for a quantum ideal gas in a box which...
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  • illustrating that the particle may be in motion even if its spatial probability density has no explicit time dependence. For a particle in a box, in one spatial...
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  • The general solutions of the Schrödinger equation for the particle in a box are ψ ( x ) = A e i k x + B e − i k x E = ℏ 2 k 2 2 m {\displaystyle \psi...
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  • In physics, a free particle is a particle that, in some sense, is not bound by an external force, or equivalently not in a region where its potential energy...
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  • In quantum mechanics, the case of a particle in a one-dimensional ring is similar to the particle in a box. The particle follows the path of a semicircle...
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    are semiconductor particles a few nanometres in size with optical and electronic properties that differ from those of larger particles via quantum mechanical...
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    need not be balanced in general. Consider a particle in a one-dimensional box of length L {\displaystyle L} . The eigenfunctions in position and momentum...
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  • In experimental and applied particle physics, nuclear physics, and nuclear engineering, a particle detector, also known as a radiation detector, is a...
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    then be modeled using the particle in a box model in which the energy of different states is dependent on the length of the box. The wave functions for...
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  • potential The double-well delta potential The steps potentials The particle in a box / infinite potential well The finite potential well The step potential...
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    to a higher energy level. A simple model of the energy levels is provided by the quantum-mechanical problem of a one-dimensional particle in a box of...
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  • In quantum mechanics, indistinguishable particles (also called identical or indiscernible particles) are particles that cannot be distinguished from one...
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  • Matter waves are a central part of the theory of quantum mechanics, being half of wave–particle duality. At all scales where measurements have been practical...
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    in a one-dimensional box is a half-period sine wave, which goes to zero at the two edges of the well. The energy of the particle is given by h 2 n 2 8...
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    constitute a degenerate set. Degrees of degeneracy of different energy levels for a particle in a square box: In this case, the dimensions of the box L x =...
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  • This applies to the elementary "particle in a box" problem, and step potentials. For a simple harmonic oscillator in one dimension, the potential varies...
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  • spectrum of the 3D harmonic oscillator, particle in a box, and even the relativistic fine structure of the hydrogen atom. In 1976–1977, Michael Berry and M. Tabor...
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  • Particle Fever is a 2013 American documentary film tracking the first round of experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) near Geneva, Switzerland...
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  • square well) is a concept from quantum mechanics. It is an extension of the infinite potential well, in which a particle is confined to a "box", but one which...
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    Node (physics) (category Concepts in physics)
    which weaken the bond. Another such quantum mechanical concept is the particle in a box where the number of nodes of the wavefunction can help determine the...
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    is important in mathematics and physics, as it could be used to describe a particle in a box in quantum mechanics, or a standing wave on a string. It always...
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    shortens. A rather good approximation of an exciton's behaviour is the 3-D model of a particle in a box. The solution of this problem provides a sole[clarification...
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     30–34. ISBN 0471965227. Autschbach, Jochen (November 2007). "Why the Particle-in-a-Box Model Works Well for Cyanine Dyes but Not for Conjugated Polyenes"...
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    that confined carriers can be in are particle-in-a-box-like states. Quantum wells and quantum well devices are a subfield of solid-state physics that...
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  • Thermal de Broglie wavelength (category All Wikipedia articles written in American English)
    partition function. Assuming a 1-dimensional box of length L, the partition function (using the energy states of the 1D particle in a box) is Z = ∑ n exp ⁡ ( −...
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  • of particles is a bit larger there are usually some particles inside the box. We can define an average, but the actual number of particles in the box has...
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