Visual Quantum Mechanics

Prepared for Contemporary Physics by Dean Zollman, Wally Axmann, Bob Grabhorn, Carol Regehr, and Paul Donovan Spring, 1994
From Kansas State University:http://bluegiant.phys.ksu.edu/dvi/vqm/vqm.html

1. Wavelength-Momentum Relation

2. Schrödinger's Equation

3. Wave Functions

4. Probability Basics

5. Potential and Kinetic Energy Diagrams -- Large Objects

6. Determining the Wavefunction:
   • Drawing Potential Energy Diagrams
   • Potential Energy Diagrams -- Small Objects
   • Determining Wavelengths -- General
   • Determining Wavelengths -- Example

7. Constraints on the Wave Function
   • Wave Functions at Boundaries
   • An Infinite Potential Energy Example
   • A Finite Potential Energy Example

8. Decreasing Wave Functions: The Classically Forbidden Region
   • Decreasing Wave Functions -- Qualitative
   • Decreasing Wave Functions -- Quantitative

9. Summary: Rules For Drawing Wave Functions

• Appendix: Newton's Laws

• Glossary