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1.2 Wave packet                          13
                                             A(k)

                                              1




                                              0                          k
                                           (a)      k 1           k 2
                                                         B(x, t)
                                                              ∆k/Ö2π












                                                                            x 2 v  t
                                                                                g


                                    (b)        22π/∆k   0    2π/∆k
                        Figure 1.6 (a) A square pulse wave number distribution. (b) The modulating function
                        corresponding to the wave number distribution in Figure 1.6(a).








                            Re Ψ(x, t)








                                                                                          x











                        Figure 1.7 The real part of a wave packet for a square pulse wave number distribution.
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