Quantum cards and quantum rods
Abstract
Quantum mechanical analysis of a rigid rod with one end fixed to a flat table is presented. Assuming that the rod is initally in the upright orientation, “the time of fall” is calculated using WKB wavefunctions representing energy eigenstates near the barrier summit.
- Publication:
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Central European Journal of Physics
- Pub Date:
- March 2008
- DOI:
- 10.2478/s11534-008-0012-6
- Bibcode:
- 2008CEJPh...6..171B
- Keywords:
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- quantum mechanics;
- WKB approximation;
- time evolution