wave packet
noun
: a pulse of radiant energy that is the resultant of a number of wave trains of differing wavelengths
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The equations of quantum mechanics describe how the wave packet splits in two upon hitting the obstacle.
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Quanta Magazine, 20 Oct. 2020
Now picture the wave packet traveling, tsunami-like, toward a barrier.
—Quanta Magazine, 20 Oct. 2020
This bell curve, called a wave packet, is centered at position A.
—Quanta Magazine, 20 Oct. 2020
Quanta Magazine, 20 Oct. 2020
Now picture the wave packet traveling, tsunami-like, toward a barrier.
—Quanta Magazine, 20 Oct. 2020
This bell curve, called a wave packet, is centered at position A.
—Quanta Magazine, 20 Oct. 2020
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1928, in the meaning defined above
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