Visual Quantum Mechanics











< Prev | Next >



Potential hole of modified Pöschl-Teller type

by Erek Bilgici

Source: S. Flügge, Practical Quantum Mechanics, Springer-Verlag New York, Heidelberg, Berlin 1974, Problem 39.

The (modified) Pöschl-Teller potential is

This movie shows how the bound-state wave functions depend on the width of the potential hole, that is, on the parameters alpha (for lambda=5).

The energies are

The eigenfunctions are given in the Mathematica notebook.

Mathematica Notebook




created: 2004-06-23