This website contains a short tutorial on the time dependent Schrodinger Equation and the motion of wave packets. The dynamics of a compact wavepacket in a square well serves as a connection with the classical limit. A JAVA applet allows the user to control parameters of the wavepacket. The website includes suggested instructive activities. Note, the applet does not run as an animation; the user must manually increment time.
<a href="https://www.compadre.org/quantum/items/detail.cfm?ID=2125">Palmer, Christopher. How does Quantum Mechanics turn into Classical Mechanics?. March 6, 2002.</a>
Palmer, C. (2002, March 6). How does Quantum Mechanics turn into Classical Mechanics?. Retrieved April 27, 2025, from https://users.physics.ox.ac.uk/~palmerc/tdse.htm
Palmer, Christopher. How does Quantum Mechanics turn into Classical Mechanics?. March 6, 2002. https://users.physics.ox.ac.uk/~palmerc/tdse.htm (accessed 27 April 2025).
Palmer, Christopher. How does Quantum Mechanics turn into Classical Mechanics?. 2001. 6 Mar. 2002. 27 Apr. 2025 <https://users.physics.ox.ac.uk/~palmerc/tdse.htm>.
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