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- Title
Harmonic oscillator wave functions and probability density plots using spreadsheets.
- Authors
Tambade, Popat S.
- Abstract
Students who are studying quantum physics often find the graphing of wave functions and probability density curves difficult and time consuming. The common spreadsheet of Microsoft Excel™ is an excellent tool for the teaching of physics. It makes it easy to construct illustrative examples, to manipulate variables, and to plot results in graphical form. In this article efforts have been made to generate spreadsheet for wave functions and probability density curves of quantum harmonic oscillator. A dynamic spreadsheet presentation can help students better appreciate how the graphs are produced from the relationship between the variables.
- Subjects
HARMONIC oscillators; QUANTUM theory; PROBABILITY theory; PHYSICS education; WAVE functions
- Publication
Latin-American Journal of Physics Education, 2011, Vol 5, Issue 1, p43
- ISSN
1870-9095
- Publication type
Article