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A 100 g arrow travels with a speed of 30 ms-l over a distance of 50 m. If the initial size of the wave packet is 5 cm, what will be its final size?

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Chapter7: Quantum Mechanics

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Problem 50P: What is the ground state energy (in eV) of a proton confined to a one-dimensional box the size of...

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