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Basis for the WKB approximation

Imagine a stationary state of energy E as in Figure 2 propagating to the right in a potential varying slowly compared to the wavelength of the state. If the state is stationary, show that the current must be constant with respect to x.

  
Figure 2: Wave function in classically allowed region of slowly varying potential



Prof. Tomas Alberto Arias
Sat Apr 20 19:52:25 EDT 1996