2018/11/14 by N. F. Berk, Berk, N. F.
Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research #FOS: Physical sciences #Nuclear Physics and Applications #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #Quantum chaos and dynamical systems #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1811.06054
33 pages, 9 figures
arxiv created 2018/11/14 · openalex publication_date 2018/11/14 · arxiv updated 2018/11/16 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We present an exact solution to the one-dimensional (1-D) scattering-from-a-barrier problem for an incident neutron described by a wave packet. As an aid to presenting our approach, we spend some time on a basic review of how wave packets appear in standard quantum mechanics (SQM), paying attention to interpretive aspects of a working theory both familiar on the one hand while historically subject to debates, confusion, and misunderstandings on the other. Several appendices also are included to address various mathematical issues that may be helpful to some readers.