Visual quantum mechanics : selected topics with computer-generated animations of quantum-mechanical phenomena

Author(s)

• Thaller, Bernd

Bibliographic Information

Visual quantum mechanics : selected topics with computer-generated animations of quantum-mechanical phenomena

Bernd Thaller

Springer-Verlag TELOS, The Electronic Library of Science, c2000

• : hc

Note

1 CD-ROM in pocket (12 cm)

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

"CD-ROM included" -- T.p.

"The book comes with a CD-ROM containing about 320 digital movies in QuickTime format, which can be watched on every multimedia-capable computer" -- Preface

"Extra Materials extras.springer.com" -- 2nd printing t.p.

"Additional material to this book can be downloaded from http://extras.springer.com" -- 2nd printing t.p. verso

Description and Table of Contents

Description

"Visual Quantum Mechanics" uses the computer-generated animations found on the accompanying material on Springer Extras to introduce, motivate, and illustrate the concepts explained in the book. While there are other books on the market that use Mathematica or Maple to teach quantum mechanics, this book differs in that the text describes the mathematical and physical ideas of quantum mechanics in the conventional manner. There is no special emphasis on computational physics or requirement that the reader know a symbolic computation package. Despite the presentation of rather advanced topics, the book requires only calculus, making complicated results more comprehensible via visualization. The material on Springer Extras provides easy access to more than 300 digital movies, animated illustrations, and interactive pictures. This book along with its extra online materials forms a complete introductory course on spinless particles in one and two dimensions.

Table of Contents

• Visualization of Wave Functions
• Fourier Analysis of Wave Functions
• Free Particles
• States and Observables
• Electromagnetic Fields
• Boundary Conditions
• Linear Operators in Hilbert Spaces
• Double Slit Experiment
• Harmonic Oscillator
• Theory of the Harmonic Oscillator
• Index

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BA48084240
• ISBN:
  • 0387989293
• LCCN: 99042455
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 283 p., [16] p. of plates
• Size: 24 cm.
• Attached Material: 1 CD-ROM
• Classification:
  • LCC : QC174.12
  • DC21 : 530.12/0113
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Quantum theory
  • LCSH : Quantum theory -- Computer simulation