Chapter 40: Problem 15
Consider a particle moving in one dimension, which we shall call the \(x\)-axis. (a) What does it mean for the wave function of this particle to be \(normalized\)? (b) Is the wave function \(\psi(x) = e^{ax}\) , where a is a positive real number, normalized? Could this be a valid wave function? (c) If the particle described by the wave function \(\psi(x) = Ae^{-bx}\), where \(A\) and \(b\) are positive real numbers, is confined to the range \(x \geq 0\), determine A (including its units) so that the wave function is normalized.
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