{
  "id": "quant-ph/0408049",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2004-08-06T13:22:14.000Z",
  "updated": "2004-08-06T13:22:14.000Z",
  "title": "Analytic results for Gaussian wave packets in four model systems: I. Visualization of the kinetic energy",
  "authors": [
    "R. W. Robinett",
    "L. C. Bassett"
  ],
  "comment": "22 pages, RevTeX, four .eps figures, to appear in Found. Phys. Lett. Vol. 17, Dec. 2004",
  "doi": "10.1007/s10702-004-1117-9",
  "categories": [
    "quant-ph"
  ],
  "abstract": "Using Gaussian wave packet solutions, we examine how the kinetic energy is distributed in time-dependent solutions of the Schrodinger equation corresponding to the cases of a free particle, a particle undergoing uniform acceleration, a particle in a harmonic oscillator potential, and a system corresponding to an unstable equilibrium. We find, for specific choices of initial parameters, that as much as 90% of the kinetic energy can be localized (at least conceptually) in the `front half' of such Gaussian wave packets, and we visualize these effects.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2004-08-06T13:22:14.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "kinetic energy",
      "model systems",
      "analytic results",
      "gaussian wave packet solutions",
      "visualization"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "RevTeX",
      "pages": 22,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}