particle flux


of: a one-dimensional quantum system consisting of a stream of particles represented by the spatial wavefunction which is an eigenfunction of the momentum operator,

given that: the average number of particles per unit length is the constant and their velocity is obtained from the momentum,

is: the net number crossing a fixed plane per unit time, i.e.    [P11.1]

has as its SI unit:


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