Publication
Title
Scattering of a Dirac electron on a mass barrier
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Abstract
The interaction of a wave packet (and in particular the wave front) with a mass barrier is investigated in one dimension. We discuss the main features of the wave packet that are inherent to two-dimensional wave packets, such as compression during reflection, penetration in the case when the energy is lower than the height of the barrier, waving tails, precursors, and the retardation of the reflected and penetrated wave packets. These features depend on the wave-packet envelope function which we demonstrate by considering the case of a rectangular wave packet with sharp front and trailing edges and a smooth Gaussian wave packet. The method of Fourier integral for obtaining the nonstationary solutions is used.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Physical review : A : atomic, molecular and optical physics. - Lancaster, Pa, 1990 - 2015
Publication
Lancaster, Pa : 2012
ISSN
1094-1622 [online]
1050-2947 [print]
DOI
10.1103/PHYSREVA.86.022101
Volume/pages
86 :2 (2012) , 10 p.
Article Reference
022101
ISI
000306991200001
Medium
E-only publicatie
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