Timeline for Obtaining Transmission Coefficient of Beam Upon a Linear Potential
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| Nov 10, 2016 at 0:00 | comment | added | freecharly | @bleuofblue - I looked at the answer of Gert. He also mentions the Airy functions which are orthogonal solutions of the Schroedinger equation for the case of a linear potential just like sin and cos (or exponentials) are for constant potential. These solutions would be exact. The WKB method is an approximation for slowly varying potentials described in QM textbooks. | |
| Nov 9, 2016 at 5:00 | comment | added | bleuofblue | Also, is the method similar to what @Gert described in his answer? | |
| Nov 9, 2016 at 5:00 | comment | added | bleuofblue | I am interested in trying the WKB approximation, but am unsure how it would be applied for my question. I looked at the section on schrodinger eqn. How could I begin for my problem? | |
| Nov 9, 2016 at 2:56 | history | answered | freecharly | CC BY-SA 3.0 |