Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Visual Quantum Mechanics

Selected Topics with Computer-Generated Animations of Quantum-Mechanical Phenomena

  • Textbook
  • © 2000

Overview

Authors:
  1. Bernd Thaller

    1. Institute for Mathematics, University of Graz, Graz, Austria

    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 69.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 89.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
    Download chapter PDF

  2. Visualization of Wave Functions

    • Bernd Thaller
    Pages 1-14

  3. Fourier Analysis

    • Bernd Thaller
    Pages 15-47

  4. Free Particles

    • Bernd Thaller
    Pages 49-82

  5. States and Observables

    • Bernd Thaller
    Pages 83-105

  6. Boundary Conditions

    • Bernd Thaller
    Pages 107-134

  7. Linear Operators in Hilbert Spaces

    • Bernd Thaller
    Pages 135-155

  8. Harmonic Oscillator

    • Bernd Thaller
    Pages 157-189

  9. Special Systems

    • Bernd Thaller
    Pages 191-225

  10. One-Dimensional Scattering Theory

    • Bernd Thaller
    Pages 227-255

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 257-299
    Download chapter PDF
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

In the strange world of quantum mechanics the application of visualization techniques is particularly rewarding, for it allows us to depict phenomena that cannot be seen by any other means. Visual Quantum Mechanics relies heavily on visualization as a tool for mediating knowledge. The book comes TM with a CD-ROM containing about 320 digital movies in QuickTime f- mat, which can be watched on every multimedia-capable computer. These computer-generated animations are used to introduce, motivate, and ill- trate the concepts of quantum mechanics that are explained in the book. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then my hope is that each short animation (consisting of about a hundred frames) will be worth a hundred thousand words. The collection of ?lms on the CD-ROM is presented in an interactive en- TM vironmentthathasbeendevelopedwiththehelpofMacromediaDirector . This multimedia presentation can be used like an adventure game without special computer skills. I hope that this presentation format will attract the interest of a wider audience to the beautiful theory of quantum mechanics.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Mathematics, University of Graz, Graz, Austria

    Bernd Thaller

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Visual Quantum Mechanics

  • Book Subtitle: Selected Topics with Computer-Generated Animations of Quantum-Mechanical Phenomena

  • Authors: Bernd Thaller

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b98962

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2000

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-98929-7Published: 22 June 2000

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4757-7428-3Published: 23 April 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-22770-2Published: 08 May 2007

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 283

  • Topics: Quantum Physics, Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation