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Potential Well

The setup is the same as in the previous problem, except the potential $ V(x)$ now has the shape shown in the figure 4 ($ V=+\infty$ for $ x<0$.) Again, the wavefunction at $ x>a$ is given by

$\displaystyle \Psi_>(x) = e^{-ik(x-a)} + \underline{r} e^{ik(x-a)}.$    

We will obtain the coefficient $ \underline{r}$ using two different methods.

HINT: This problem is very similar to problem 2 on problem set # 8!

Figure 4: Potential well.
\includegraphics[scale=0.75]{well.eps}



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Tomas Arias 2003-11-25