Paper 3, Section I, C

Quantum Mechanics | Part IB, 2011

A particle of mass mm and energy EE, incident from x=x=-\infty, scatters off a delta function potential at x=0x=0. The time independent Schrödinger equation is

22md2ψdx2+Uδ(x)ψ=Eψ-\frac{\hbar^{2}}{2 m} \frac{d^{2} \psi}{d x^{2}}+U \delta(x) \psi=E \psi

where UU is a positive constant. Find the reflection and transmission probabilities.

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