Free Particle Exercise #4

Please answer the  following 2 questions regarding the Physlet:

Function 1 Function 2 Function 3 Function 4

Description

These animations show the real (red) and imaginary (green) parts of three wave functions. Assume x is measured in cm and time is measured in seconds. 

Questions

  1. Rank free particle wave functions one through 4 in order of momentum.

  2. Rank free particle wave functions one through 4 in order of energy.

Ties in parenthesis please!

Credits

Script by Mario Belloni and Wolfgang Christian.
Questions by Mario Belloni.
Java applets by Wolfgang Christian.