File:Quasimomentum.gif

Quasimomentum.gif (360 × 223 pixels, file size: 1.81 MB, MIME type: image/gif, looped, 251 frames)

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English: Since you can draw an infinite different sinusoidals through the same set of periodically spaced oscillators, you can not unequivocally define a k-vector, and thus a momentum. A didactic animation.
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Source https://twitter.com/j_bertolotti/status/1060532687436431362
Author Jacopo Bertolotti
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https://twitter.com/j_bertolotti/status/1030470604418428929

Mathematica 11.0 code

p1 = Table[
   Show[
    Plot[Cos[x] Sin[t], {x, 0, 9}, 
     PlotStyle -> {Gray, Thick, Opacity[(Erf[t - 6.5] + 1)/2]}, 
     PlotRange -> {-1.1, 1.1}, Axes -> False]
    ,
    Plot[Cos[(1 + (2 \[Pi])/a) (x)] Sin[t], {x, 0, 9}, 
     PlotStyle -> {Purple, Thick, Opacity[(Erf[t - 13] + 1)/2]}]
    ,
    Plot[Cos[(1 + 2 (2 \[Pi])/a) (x)] Sin[t], {x, 0, 9}, 
     PlotStyle -> {Orange, Thick, Opacity[(Erf[t - 18.5] + 1)/2]}]
    ,
    Graphics[{PointSize[0.03], Point[p[t] ]} ]
    , PlotPoints -> 100
    ]
   , {t, 0, 25, 0.1}];
ListAnimate[p1, 10]

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