Wave Packet Development (IMAGE)

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

Wave Packet Development

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Fig. 2: Development of the wave packet over a period of time. The distance between the deuterium nuclei (R) is plotted against the time. After approximately 100 femtoseconds, the wave packet, i.e. the location of the nuclei, starts to become hazy, after 400 femtoseconds there is a "revival" and the wave packet is put back together again.

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Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics

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