A New Model Course in Applied Quantum Physics E.F. Redish, R.N. Steinberg, M.C. Wittmann Home | Overview | How Students Learn | Classroom materials | Teacher's Guide Summary | Tutorials | Applied Homework | Essays | Exams | Software | Handouts

MUPPET programs As a subset of the Maryland University Project in Physics and Educational Technology (M.U.P.P.E.T.) programs, the QM MUPPET programs are modeling utilities that allow students to vary parameters of a model and study the behavior of quantum systems. (Links below are to the executable programs, which run only on DOS, depending on your browser settings, these will run or be downloaded to your hard drive; you will need to have egavga.bgi installed to run the programs properly.) The programs included on this CD are: fourier: A program to help students explore Fourier transformations. This program could be used instead of, or in conjunction with, our spreadsheet program (see the main software page for further information). gibbs: This program allows students to see how Fourier sums used to create a square wave packet lead to convergence problems (The Gibbs phenomena). pulses:This program helps visualize elements of wave motion by modeling the continuum as a set of discrete elements. The program displays and solves for the motion of up to 50 identical masses connected by identical springs. quantum1: In this program, students are able to find the eigenvalues of a single square well potential. This program can used instead of, or in conjunction with, the physlets also included on this CD (see the main software page for further information). quantum2: A program to help visualize solutions to the Schrödinger equation in one dimension for a variety of potential wells: square, stepped, ramp, and asymmetric. This program could used instead of, or in conjunction with, the physlets also included on this CD (see the main software page for further information). wavepack: A program that allows different wavepackets to be created and analyzed. To run these programs, download all files from the MUPPET folder (located at "NewModel" --> "software" --> "muppet" on the CD-ROM) to your hard drive. The programs are executables that run only on DOS compliant machines. (note that the file egavga.bgi is required for the programs to run and must be located in the folder in which the programs are located). For more information on MUPPET, click here (WWW).

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