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According to the considerations of Sect. 1.2.2 in connection with electron diffraction, electrons also have wavelike properties; let this wave be ψ(x, t). For free electrons of momentum p and energy E = p2/2m, in accordance with diffraction experiments, one can consider these to be free plane waves, i.e., ψ takes the form (2.1).
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(2007). The Wave Function and the Schrödinger Equation. In: Quantum Mechanics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-71933-5_2
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