Physics 307: Computational Physics Lab
(Quantum Mechanics)

Course Outline


  1. Introduction
    General reference: Numerical Recipes in C, online version

    Homework #1 (due January 15, 2008)
    (solution)

  2. Schrodinger's Equation: the finite potential well

    Homework #2 (due January 22, 2008)
    (partial and full solutions)

  3. Solving ordinary differential equations

  4. Application to Boundary Value Problems

    Homework #3 (due February 5, 2008)
    (solutions to question 1 and question 2)

  5. Application to Boundary Value Problems (continued)

  6. More Quantum-Mechanical Applications

    Homework #4 (due February 12, 2008)
    (analytical solution to problems 1a,c, 2c)
    (numerical solutions to problem 1a,c, problem 1b, problem 2)

  7. Time-Dependent Problems: the Diffusion Equation

    Homework #5 (due March 4, 2008)

  8. Numerical Solution of the Diffusion Equation

  9. Numerical Solution of the Time-Dependent Schrodinger Equation

    Homework #6 (due March 18, 2008)

  10. Scattering of a Wave Packet by a Barrier