Osnabrück 2002 – scientific programme
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Q: Quantenoptik
Q 513: Quanteneffekte IV
Q 513.3: Talk
Friday, March 8, 2002, 14:30–14:45, HS 11/215
The s-wave implosion and explosion of a free particle — •Markus A. Cirone1, Iwo Bialynicki-Birula1,2, Jens Peder Dahl1,3, Mikhail Fedorov1,4, and Wolfgang P. Schleich1 — 1Abteilung fur Quantenphysik, Universitat Ulm, D-89069 Ulm, Germany — 2Center for Theoretical Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotnikow 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland — 3Technical University of Denmark, DTU 207, DK-2800, Lyngby, Denmark — 4General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 38 Vavilov st., Moscow 117942 Russia
A free quantum particle in two dimensions with vanishing angular momentum (s-wave) in the form of a ring-shaped wave packet feels an attractive force towards the center of the ring, leading first to an implosion followed by an explosion.