written by Wolfgang Christian

The Eigenstate Superposition model illustrates the fundamental building blocks of one-dimensional quantum mechanics, the energy eigenfunctions  ψ_n(x) and energy eigenvalues E_n.  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.

• Download ejs_qm_Superposition.jar - 1258kb Java Archive File

Published September 11, 2008
Last Modified June 4, 2014

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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.

• Download ejs_qm_Superposition.zip - 29kb Compressed File

Published September 11, 2008
Last Modified September 23, 2008

This file has previous versions.