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A beam of particles is incident from the negative x direction on a potential energy step...

A beam of particles is incident from the negative x direction on a potential energy step at x = 0. When x < 0, the potential energy of the particles is zero, and for x > 0 the potential energy has the constant positive value U0. In the region x < 0, the particles have a kinetic energy K that is smaller than U0. What should the form of the wave function be in the region x > 0?

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Here we have used Schrodinger Equation and the general solution of the same to investigate the form of the wave function.

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