Which of the following statements is not true about wave packets and their use in describing particles?


A. A wave packet is fundamentally a region over which a number of waves of different frequencies and amplitudes are added together to form a non-zero result.
B. An important property of a wave packet describing a particle is the superposition of many different waves.


C. The particle can be described using Fourier series and a Fourier integral.
D. The movement and travel of a wave packet is governed by their grouping order.
E. An important property of a wave packet describing a particle is the localization of wave amplitude.



D.
This statement is not true. The movement of a wave packet is at the group velocity, not grouping order.

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