Classical Helium Program

APS Excellence in Physics Education Award
November 2019

Science SPORE Prize
November 2011

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Classical Helium Program

written by Wolfgang Christian, Harvey Gould, and Jan Tobochnik

The classical helium OSP program is a simple example of a three body problem and is similar to gravitational problem of a heavy sun and two light planets. The model consists of two electrons moving in a 2/r potential well and interacting through a 1/r potential. Initial conditions can be set to show phenomena such as autoionization or braided orbits. These conditions are stored in an xml document.

An EJS implementation of this model is also available. Search the OSP collection for classical helium.

Please note that this resource requires at least version 1.5 of Java.

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Last Modified: May 21, 2008

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Classical Mechanics - Gravity = Orbits	- Upper Undergraduate - Lower Undergraduate - Graduate/Professional	- Instructional Material = Interactive Simulation

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Access Rights:: Free access; Additional information is available.
Restriction:: © 2008 GNU GPL license
Keywords:: autoinization, helium, orbits
Record Creator:: Metadata instance created May 21, 2008 by Wolfgang Christian
Record Updated:: March 23, 2009 by Wolfgang Christian
Last Update when Cataloged:: August 8, 2008

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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/OSP/items/detail.cfm?ID=7209">Christian, W, H. Gould, and J. Tobochnik. "Classical Helium Program."</a>

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W. Christian, H. Gould, and J. Tobochnik, Computer Program CLASSICAL HELIUM PROGRAM (2008), WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=7209&DocID=375).

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W. Christian, H. Gould, and J. Tobochnik, Computer Program CLASSICAL HELIUM PROGRAM (2008), <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=7209&DocID=375>.

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Christian, W., Gould, H., & Tobochnik, J. (2008). Classical Helium Program [Computer software]. Retrieved October 8, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=7209&DocID=375

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Christian, W, H. Gould, and J. Tobochnik. "Classical Helium Program." https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=7209&DocID=375 (accessed 8 October 2024).

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Christian, Wolfgang, Harvey Gould, and Jan Tobochnik. Classical Helium Program. Computer software. 2008. Java 1.5. 8 Oct. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=7209&DocID=375>.

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