Quantum Mechanics on the Macintosh ®

✍ Scribed by Siegmund Brandt, Hans Dieter Dahmen (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
• Year: 1995
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 314
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Based on the interactive program Interquanta, QuantumMechanics on the Macintosh, uses extensive 3-D graphics to guide the student through computer experiments in the quantum mechanics of free particle motion, bound states and scattering, tunneling, two-particle interactions, and more. It also includes a section on special functions of mathematical physics. With more than 200 problems, the text and programs provide students with practical experiences in using such hard-to-visualize concepts as complex amplitudes, eigenvalues, and scattering cross sections. The diskette included with the book provides two versions of the programs, one for use in computers with a mathematical coprocessor, the other optimized for machines without a coprocessor. For this new edition the software has been updated and extended.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction....Pages 1-4
Free Particle Motion in One Dimension....Pages 5-21
Bound States in One Dimension....Pages 22-43
Scattering in One Dimension....Pages 44-90
A Two-Particle System: Coupled Harmonic Oscillators....Pages 91-108
Free Particle Motion in Three Dimensions....Pages 109-130
Bound States in Three Dimensions....Pages 131-156
Scattering in Three Dimensions....Pages 157-179
Special Functions of Mathematical Physics....Pages 180-203
Additional Material and Hints for the Solution of Excercises....Pages 204-245
Back Matter....Pages 246-305

✦ Subjects

Quantum Physics;Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics