Eigenstate Superposition Model Documents

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Main Document

Eigenstate Superposition 

written by Wolfgang Christian

The Eigenstate Superposition model illustrates the fundamental building blocks of one-dimensional quantum mechanics, the energy eigenfunctions  ψn(x) and energy eigenvalues En.  The user enters the expansion coefficients into a table and the simulation uses the superposition principle to construct and display a time-dependent wave function using either infinite square well (ISW) or simple harmonic oscillator (SHO) eigenfunctions.

The Eigenstate Superposition model was created using the Easy Java Simulations (EJS) modeling tool.  It is distributed as a ready-to-run (compiled) Java archive.  Double clicking the ejs_qm_Superposition.jar file will run the program if Java is installed.

Published September 11, 2008
Last Modified June 4, 2014

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Source Code Documents

Eigenstate Superposition source code 

The source code zip archive contains an XML representation of the eigenstate superposition model.  Unzip this archive in your EJS workspace to compile and run the model using EJS.

Published September 11, 2008
Last Modified September 23, 2008

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