A Study on the Scattering of Matter Waves through Slits

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2201.12521v2
• Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2022 12:30:42 GMT
• Title: A Study on the Scattering of Matter Waves through Slits
• Authors: Hardeep Singh and A. Bhagwat
• Abstract summary: We plot the near-zero probability densities to analyse the behaviour near the slit. We find quasi-traps in the region whose size can be controlled and made much smaller than the wavelength of matter waves.
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• Abstract: Scattering of matter waves through slits has been explored using the Feynman Path Integral formalism. We explicitly plot the near-zero probability densities to analyse the behaviour near the slit. Upon doing so, intriguing patterns emerge, most notably the braid-like structure in the case of double slits, whose complexity increases as one increases the number of slits. Furthermore, the plot shows the existence of a transition region, where the distribution of near-zero probability points changes from the braided to the fringe-like structure, which has been analysed by explicitly expressing the wavefunction as a hypergeometric function. These patterns are analysed while considering the continuity equation and its consequences for the regions with zero probability density. As a result, we find quasi-traps in the region whose size can be controlled and made much smaller than the wavelength of matter waves.

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