Energy Eigenstates inside a one-dimension box

Rick2015 · Feb 8, 2015

How many energy eigenstates can "fit" inside a one-dimension box of length L?

Vanadium 50 · Feb 8, 2015

All of them.

Nugatory · Feb 9, 2015

Rick2015 said:

How many energy eigenstates can "fit" inside a one-dimension box of length L?

It's not clear what you mean by "fit", but there are an infinite number of energy eigenstates available and any superposition of any number of these is possible. Google for "infinite square well eigenfunction" for more information.

Rick2015 · Feb 9, 2015

Nugatory said:

It's not clear what you mean by "fit", but there are an infinite number of energy eigenstates available and any superposition of any number of these is possible. Google for "infinite square well eigenfunction" for more information.

Thank you! That is what I thought but wasn't sure if the "fit" was a trick statement.

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