An electron is trapped in a one-dimensional infinite potential well that is 430 pm wide; the electron is in its ground state. What is the probability that you can detect the electron in an interval of width &x = 5.0 pm centered at x = 260 pm? (Hint: The interval ôx is so narrow that you can take the probability density to be constant within it.) Number i Units

An electron is trapped in a one-dimensional infinite potential well that is 430 pm wide; the electron is in its ground state. What is the probability that you can detect the electron in an interval of width &x = 5.0 pm centered at x = 260 pm? (Hint: The interval ôx is so narrow that you can take the probability density to be constant within it.) Number i Units

Modern Physics

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Author:Raymond A. Serway, Clement J. Moses, Curt A. Moyer

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Chapter6: Quantum Mechanics In One Dimension

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 16P

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