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Bound and scattering states

A bound state is an energy eigenstate (i.e. stationary state) where a particle is confined by a potential wall, i.e. . A scattering state is one not confined by such a potential.

Properties

1. Bound states correspond to situations where a particle would be classically bound within a region of finite volume (although quantum mechanically the particle may be found outside this region).
2. Bound states are normalizable and quantized, whereas scattering states are only Dirac normalizable and continuous.

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