Uploaded August 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Gaussian wave packet moving in a magnetic field. The magnetic field is constant, homogeneous, and directed perpendicular to the screen.
A classical charged particle moving similarly is exposed to a Lorentz force directed perpendicular to both the moving direction and the magnetic field, hence moving in a circle having a radius being the cyclotron radius. When starting close to an edge in a bound domain the particle skips along the edge. As can be seen a similar phenomenon applies to a probability density distribution.
Music by @gpcbass. It’s a reproduction of a song originally made in 1991 named Swamp.
Gaussian wave packet moving in a magnetic field. The magnetic field is constant, homogeneous, and directed perpendicular to the screen.
A classical charged particle moving similarly is exposed to a Lorentz force directed perpendicular to both the moving direction and the magnetic field, hence moving in a circle having a radius being the cyclotron radius. When starting close to an edge in a bound domain the particle skips along the edge. As can be seen a similar phenomenon applies to a probability density distribution.
Music by @gpcbass. It’s a reproduction of a song originally made in 1991 named Swamp.
