Quantum Mechanics: Motion in a Potential

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written by Kristel Michielsen and Hans De Raedt

This web page illustrates the motion of a quantum wavepacket, using 3D animations. Basic concepts and phenomena are shown using simulations rather than complex mathematics, although the functional forms of the states are given. Motion of a free wavepacket, and a wavepacket in a box, an harmonic oscillator, an electric field, and a magnetic field are all described and shown.

http://www.embd.be/quantummechanics/potential.html

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Quantum Physics - Bound State Systems - Scattering and Unbound Systems	- Upper Undergraduate - Graduate/Professional	- Instructional Material = Tutorial - Audio/Visual = Movie/Animation

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Access Rights:: Limited free access; Cost for available CD Rom version
Restriction:: Has a copyright or other licensing restriction.
Keywords:: 2D motion, Free state, potentials
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created March 10, 2004 by Bruce Mason
Record Updated:: July 13, 2016 by Bruce Mason
Other Collections:: The Quantum Exchange

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