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This is a Java applet that creates surface plots of the spherical harmonics. The user can set the L and m indices and the resolution of the plot. There is a restriction that L must…
Investigating Student Difficulties with Dirac Notation  [ Conference Proceedings ]
  
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C. Singh and E. Marshman, PERC 2013 Proceedings, 345-348.
Quantum mechanics is challenging even for advanced undergraduate and graduate students. Dirac notation is a convenient notation used extensively in quantum mechanics. We have been…
  
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C. Manogue and K. Browne; Publisher: Paradigms in Physics Program
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This computer visualization activity is designed to help upper division undergraduate students visualize linear combinations of spherical harmonics. Students use a Maple worksheet or…
  
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C. Manogue and K. Browne; Publisher: Paradigms in Physics Program
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This small group activity is designed to help upper division undergraduate students learn how to expand functions in terms of spherical harmonics. Students work in small groups to…
Double Slit Wave-Particle JS Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The Double Slit Wave-Particle JavaScript Model demonstrates how matter and light display both wave- and particle-like properties in single and double slit experiments. The simulation…
  
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P. Emigh, G. Passante, and P. Shaffer
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P. Emigh, G. Passante, and P. Shaffer, PERC 2016 Proceedings, 112-115.
As part of a broad investigation of student understanding in physics, we have examined student ability with superposition throughout introductory and upper-division courses in…
  
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E. Marshman and C. Singh
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E. Marshman and C. Singh, PERC 2015 Proceedings, 211-214.
Dirac notation is often used in upper level quantum mechanics courses, but students struggle with this representation. To investigate the difficulties that advanced students (i.e.,…
  
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G. Passante, P. Emigh, T. Wan, and P. Shaffer
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G. Passante, P. Emigh, T. Wan, and P. Shaffer, PERC 2015 Proceedings, 247-250.
We have investigated the extent to which students can qualitatively determine the effect of perturbations to a Hamiltonian on the energies of the eigenfunctions. The results indicate…
  
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E. Marshman and C. Singh
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E. Marshman and C. Singh, PERC 2016 Proceedings, 216-219.
Dirac notation is used commonly in quantum mechanics. However, many upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in physics have difficulties with representations of quantum…
  
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C. Porter, A. Bogdan, and A. Heckler
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C. Porter, A. Bogdan, and A. Heckler, PERC 2016 Proceedings, 244-247.
This study examined student difficulties related to the potential in the hydrogen atom, and the corresponding ground state, with special attention paid to the role of the Jacobian.…
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