Why do wave packets sometimes contract?

DOI10.1080/0950034021000011248MaRDI QIDQ4798767zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors L. W. Cohen

Publication date 15 July 2003

Published in Journal of Modern Optics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1080/0950034021000011248

zbMATH Keywords

covariancecontractionwave packetspulsesquantum and classical wave equations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Wave equation (35L05) PDEs in connection with quantum mechanics (35Q40) Covariant wave equations in quantum theory, relativistic quantum mechanics (81R20)

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