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Continuum eigenfunctions and continuous spectra. Boundary conditions and stationary solutions of the Schrödinger equation for step potentials. Continuum normalization. Motion of wave packets in step potentials. Transmission and reflection coefficients. Unitarity and Argand diagram. Tunnel effect. Resonances.
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Brandt, S., Dahmen, H.D. (1991). Scattering in One Dimension. In: Quantum Mechanics on the Macintosh®. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-25102-7_4
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