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We now study the motion of a wave packet incident on a potential step. As already discussed at the beginning of Section 4.2, the effect of the potential is the elastic scattering of the particle. In one-dimensional scattering the particle will be transmitted or reflected by the potential.
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Brandt, S., Dahmen, H.D. (1995). One-Dimensional Quantum Mechanics: Scattering by a Potential. In: The Picture Book of Quantum Mechanics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0233-9_5
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