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the Kansas State Physics Education Research Group and Dean A. Zollman
This resource illustrates the motion of a Gaussian wavepacket in one dimension scattering off of a barrier. The shape and size of the barrier can be changed, including creating a double barrier. The width, initial position, and total energy of the wavefunction can all be changed as well. Dimensionless units are used.
<a href="https://www.compadre.org/introphys/items/detail.cfm?ID=1115">Kansas State Physics Education Research Group, and Dean Zollman. Quantum Motion.</a>
Kansas State Physics Education Research Group and D. Zollman, , WWW Document, (https://perg.phys.ksu.edu/vqmorig/programs/java/qumotion/quantum_motion.html).
Kansas State Physics Education Research Group and D. Zollman, Quantum Motion, <https://perg.phys.ksu.edu/vqmorig/programs/java/qumotion/quantum_motion.html>.
Kansas State Physics Education Research Group, & Zollman, D. (n.d.). Quantum Motion. Retrieved October 11, 2026, from https://perg.phys.ksu.edu/vqmorig/programs/java/qumotion/quantum_motion.html
Kansas State Physics Education Research Group, and Dean Zollman. Quantum Motion. https://perg.phys.ksu.edu/vqmorig/programs/java/qumotion/quantum_motion.html (accessed 11 October 2026).
Kansas State Physics Education Research Group, and Dean Zollman. Quantum Motion. 11 Oct. 2026 <https://perg.phys.ksu.edu/vqmorig/programs/java/qumotion/quantum_motion.html>.
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