23. Quantum Mechanics V: Particle in a Box
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Fundamentals of Physics, II (PHYS 201)
The allowed energy states of a free particle on a ring and a particle in a box are revisited. A scattering problem is studied to expose more quantum wonders: a particle can tunnel into the classically forbidden regions where kinetic energy is negative and a particle incident on a barrier with enough kinetic energy to go over it has a nonzero probability to bounce back.
00:00 - Chapter 1. Review of Wave Functions
08:48 - Chapter 2. Particle on a ring
19:11 - Chapter 3. Particle in a Box
54:00 - Chapter 4. Scattering
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This course was recorded in Spring 2010.
For more information about Professor Shankar's book based on the lectures from this course, Fundamentals of Physics: Mechanics, Relativity, and Thermodynamics, visit http://bit.ly/1jFIqNu.