Double Wells and Covalent Bonds

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Tunneling
Splitting
Spin 1/2 Particles
Ammonia Molecules

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Explore tunneling splitting in double well potentials. This classic problem describes many physical systems, including covalent bonds, Josephson junctions, and two-state systems such as spin 1/2 particles and ammonia molecules.

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Describe the process of energy splitting for a double well.

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Albanian	All shqip	Gropat dyfishe dhe lidhjet kovalente
Arabic	All العربية	الأبار المضاعفة والترابط الإسهامي
Arabic (Saudi Arabia)	All العربية (السعودية)	الأبار المضاعفة والترابط الإسهامي
Basque	All Euskara	Putzu bikoitza eta Lotura kobalenteak
Bosnian	All Bosanski	DVOSTRUKA JAMA I KOVALENTNA VEZA
Chinese (Simplified)	All 中文 (中国)	双井和共价键
Chinese (Traditional)	All 中文 (台灣)	雙位能井與共價鍵
Croatian	All hrvatski	Dvostuka jama i kovalentna veza
Danish	All Dansk	Dobbelt- og kovalente bindinger
Dutch	All Nederlands	Covalente bindingen (dubbele potentiaalputten)
Estonian	All Eesti	Topeltaugud ja kovalentsed sidemed
French	All français	Puits double et liaisons covalentes
German	All Deutsch	Doppel Potentialtopf und kovalente Bindungen
Greek	All Ελληνικά	Διπλά Πηγάδια και Ομοιοπολικοί Δεσμοί
Hebrew	All עברית	בורות כפולים וקשרים קוולנטיים
Hungarian	All magyar	Kovalens kötés: 2 potenciálgödör
Indonesian	All Bahasa Indonesia	Sumur Ganda dan Ikatan Kovalen
Italian	All italiano	Doppia buca di potenziale e .....
Japanese	All 日本語	二重井戸と共有結合
Kazakh	All Kazakh	Қос құдық және ковалент міндеттемелер
Korean	All 한국어	2중 우물과 공유결합
Macedonian	All македонски	Двојни јами и ковалентни врски
Mongolian	All Монгол (Монгол)	Хоёр нүх ба
Persian	All فارسی	پيوند کوالانسی و چاه دو تايي
Polish	All polski	Podwójne Studnie, a Wiązania Kowalencyjne
Portuguese	All português	Poços duplos e Ligações Covalentes
Portuguese (Brazil)	All português (Brasil)	Poços Duplos e Ligações Covalentes
Romanian	All română	Groapa dublă şi banda covalentă
Serbian	All Српски	ДВОСТРУКА ЈАМА И КОВАЛЕНТНА ВЕЗА
Slovak	All Slovenčina	Dvojitá vlna a kovalentná väzba
Slovenian	All Slovenščina	Dvojni izvir in kovalentna vez
Spanish	All español	Pozos Dobles y Enlaces Covalentes
Spanish (Mexico)	All español (México)	Pozos Dobles y Enlaces Covalentes
Spanish (Peru)	All español (Perú)	Doble Pozo y Enlaces Covalentes
Thai	All ไทย	บ่อคู่ และพันธะโคเวเลนต์
Turkish	All Türkçe	Çift Kuyu ve Kovalent Bağlar
Turkmen	All Turkmen	Goşa çukurlar hem-de kowalent baglanşyklar
Vietnamese	All Tiếng Việt	Giếng kép và liên kết cộng hoá trị