Title: |
Wave Function Suite*
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Meeting: |
116th AAPT National Meeting:
New Orleans, LA |
Location: |
N/A |
Date: |
Monday, January 5 |
Time: |
10:00 a.m. |
Author: |
N. Sanjay Rebello, Kansas
State Univ.
785-532-1633,
srebello@phys.ksu.edu |
Co-Author(s): |
Dean A. Zollman |
Abstract:
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Using the Wave Function
Suite students visually sketch wave functions for different potentials
and learn about tunneling through potential barriers and bound states in
potential wells using three independent programs. In the Wave Function
Sketcher, students learn the general rules of wave functions. Students
draw wave functions, and the program provides some feedback without
telling them the answer. In the Quantum Tunneling and Bound States
programs, students see the wave functions for potential barriers and
wells respectively. Unlike the Wave Function Sketcher however, these
programs will calculate the correct wave function, and enable students
to verify the concepts learned in the Wave Function Sketcher program.
Wave Function Suite is targeted at high school and introductory college
level students, and needs no knowledge of higher level math. It was
built using both Macromedia Director 5.0 and Visual C++ 4.0, and can be
downloaded at http://www.phys.ksu.edu/perg/vqm/programs. |
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