3. A particle trapped in a box L wide found to be in the ground state. Find the probability that a particle can be found in the interval 0<x < L/2. *
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The wave function for a particle in a box of width L in the ground state is given by: $$\psi(x) = \sqrt{\frac{2}{L}}\sin{\frac{\pi x}{L}}$$ Show more…
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