Exterior probability of a symmetric finite-well state

ID: exterior-probability-of-a-symmetric-finite-well-state

If a normalized wavefunction has exterior tails outside , integration over both tails gives the title probability. For an even cosine interior , the remaining normalization contribution is . Tail amplitudes defined at the edge rather than at the origin absorb the factor , so their probability formula looks different despite describing the same state.

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