Name: Anonymous 2008-05-29 18:19
"Finding the probability of an electron occupying a region of space in a potential well."
An electron is trapped in a 1D infinite well of width 10^-10m. In the ground state, what is the probability of finding the electron in the region from x = 0.09^-10m to x = 0.11x10^-10m?
I know how to calculate the energy and wave function of aforementioned electron, and thus the probability density - but how do I calculate the probability it falls within the specified range?
An electron is trapped in a 1D infinite well of width 10^-10m. In the ground state, what is the probability of finding the electron in the region from x = 0.09^-10m to x = 0.11x10^-10m?
I know how to calculate the energy and wave function of aforementioned electron, and thus the probability density - but how do I calculate the probability it falls within the specified range?