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QM Projection Program
written by Wolfgang Christian
The QM Projection program displays the time evolution of the position-space wave function calculated by projecting an initial wave function into the known Hilbert space of energy eigenfunctions, determining expansion coefficients, and then calculating the energy eigenfunction superposition.  It is distributed as a ready-to-run (compiled) Java archive.  Double clicking the qm_projection.jar file will run the program if Java is installed.  The default wave function shows a Gaussian wave packet in an infinite square well.  Additional initial states can be specified using the Psi (x) text box.  Other potential energy functions can be specified using the Display | Switch GUI menu item.  

QM Projection is one of 18 Open Source Physics programs that model time-dependent quantum mechanics using an energy eigenstate expansion.  Other programs provide additional visualizations.  They can be found by searching ComPADRE for Open Source Physics, OSP, or Superposition.

Please note that this resource requires at least version 1.5 of Java.
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© 2008 Wolfgang Christian. Details available at http://www.opensourcephysics.org/misc/copyright.html.
PACSs:
01.50.hv
03.65.-w
07.05.Tp
Keywords:
OSP, Open Source Physics, energy eigenstate expansion, energy eigenstates, projection, quantum mechanics, superposition, wave function, wave packet
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Metadata instance created May 8, 2008 by Mario Belloni
Record Updated:
May 15, 2008 by Mario Belloni
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W. Christian, Computer Program QM PROJECTION PROGRAM, Version 1.0 (2008), WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=7010&DocID=343).
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W. Christian, Computer Program QM PROJECTION PROGRAM, Version 1.0 (2008), <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=7010&DocID=343>.
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Christian, W. (2008). QM Projection Program (Version 1.0) [Computer software]. Retrieved December 9, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=7010&DocID=343
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Christian, Wolfgang. "QM Projection Program." Version 1.0. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=7010&DocID=343 (accessed 9 December 2024).
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Christian, Wolfgang. QM Projection Program. Vers. 1.0. Computer software. 2008. Java 1.5. 9 Dec. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=7010&DocID=343>.
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