This page contains
links to relevant documents
authored by project members, to software
programs and components developed by the project, and to other tools we've found
useful and collected here for your convenience.
Documents
QMTools: Project Goals and Strategies (Summary adapted from the original project proposal)
Transparent Boundary Conditions for Schrödinger's Equation (AJP article describing a technique for solving time-dependent problems over an infinite spatial domain using a finite interval.)
Numerical Solution of the Stationary State Schrödinger Equation Using Transparent Boundary Conditions (CISE contribution describing a technique for solving Schrödinger's time-independent equation using boundary conditions that mimic a computational interval of infinite extent.)
Modern Physics, 3rd Edition (College level text illustrating the principles of quantum mechanics using the QMTools software.)
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Software
QMTools Editor The application used to interactively create and edit QMTools applet configuration files. This latest version 2.0 is a WebStart application that requires Java WebStart be present on the user's computer (installed with the Java Runtime Environment).
QMTools Applet Source Web pages [.htm] for all the QMTools-based Exercises and Tutorials included on this site; in .zip format. QMTools applet configuration files [.xml] can be extracted for editing using the QMTools Editor.
QMTools Complete The latest QMTools distribution including all example web pages [.htm], example applet configuration files [.xml], and QMTools Editor source [.java]; in .zip format.
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Tools
Adobe Acrobat Reader (Freeware utility for reading documents in pdf format)
Java 2 RunTime Environment (J2SE -the Java plug-in for browsers on all platforms)
WinZip (Shareware file compression and decompression utilities for creating archives under Windows)
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