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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 corpuscule 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 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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    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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    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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  • December 7, 2017. Official website Particle Fever at IMDb Particle Fever at Box Office Mojo Particle Fever at Rotten Tomatoes Particle Fever at Metacritic...
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    electron holes. The confinement is similar to a three-dimensional particle in a box model. The quantum dot absorption and emission features correspond...
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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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    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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    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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  • In quantum mechanics, indistinguishable particles (also called identical or indiscernible particles) are particles that cannot be distinguished from one...
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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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    depends on the radial distance from the spherical center and a location in space. A particle in a spherically symmetric potential will behave accordingly to...
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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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  • 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 e − E n /...
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  • A particle counter is used for monitoring and diagnosing particle contamination within specific clean media, including air, water and chemicals. Particle...
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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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  • models in physics to simplify things. Massless ropes, point particles, ideal gases and the particle in a box are among the many simplified models used in physics...
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    Bose–Einstein statistics (category Concepts in physics)
    non-interacting identical particles may occupy a set of available discrete energy states at thermodynamic equilibrium. The aggregation of particles in the same state...
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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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  • mechanics, idealized situations occur in rectangular Cartesian coordinates, such as the potential well, particle in a box, quantum harmonic oscillator, and...
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  • wave–particle duality Wightman axioms WKB approximation quantum mechanics, matrix mechanics, Hamiltonian (quantum mechanics) particle in a box particle in...
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  • This is a list of known and hypothesized particles. Elementary particles are particles with no measurable internal structure; that is, it is unknown whether...
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    Particle size is a notion introduced for comparing dimensions of solid particles (flecks), liquid particles (droplets), or gaseous particles (bubbles)...
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