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QM Superposition Program
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Wolfgang Christian
The QM Superposition program displays the time evolution of the position-space wave function. It is distributed as a ready-to-run (compiled) Java archive. Double clicking the qm_superposition.jar file will run the program if Java is installed. The default wave function shows a two-state superposition of harmonic oscillator states. Additional states and other potential energy functions can be specified using the Display | Switch GUI menu item.
QM Superposition 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. 
2 supplemental documents are available
QM Superposition DocumentationA pdf document that briefly describes the QM Superposition program. It describes how to use the qm_superposition.jar file and contains short tutorial exercises and explorations for use with the qm_superposition.jar file. download 558kb .pdf Published: April 8, 2008 previous versions 
QM Superposition Program DistributionThe materials distributed in this zip file are in support of the QM Superposition program. This distribution contains the QM Superposition program, documentation and exercises, and additional parameter sets for use with the QM Superposition program. download 1027kb .zip Published: April 8, 2008 previous versions
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=6798">Christian, Wolfgang. "QM Superposition Program." Version 1.0.</a>
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W. Christian, Computer Program QM SUPERPOSITION PROGRAM, Version 1.0 (2008), WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=6798&DocID=287).
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W. Christian, Computer Program QM SUPERPOSITION PROGRAM, Version 1.0 (2008), <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=6798&DocID=287>.
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Christian, W. (2008). QM Superposition Program (Version 1.0) [Computer software]. Retrieved March 25, 2023, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=6798&DocID=287
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Christian, Wolfgang. "QM Superposition Program." Version 1.0. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=6798&DocID=287 (accessed 25 March 2023).
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Christian, Wolfgang. QM Superposition Program. Vers. 1.0. Computer software. 2008. Java 1.5. 25 Mar. 2023 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=6798&DocID=287>.
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Author = "Wolfgang Christian",
Title = {QM Superposition Program},
Month = {April},
Year = {2008}
}
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