Physics 307: Computational Physics Lab
(Quantum Mechanics)

Course Outline


  1. Introduction

    Homework #1 (due January 23, 2012)   (C++ solution to problem 1, C++ solution to problem 2)

  2. Schrodinger's Equation: the finite potential well

    Homework #2 (due January 30, 2012)   (C++ partial solution; C++ and Python full solutions)

  3. Solving ordinary differential equations

  4. Application to Boundary Value Problems

    Homework #3 (due February 8, 2012)

  5. Application to Boundary Value Problems (continued)

  6. More Quantum-Mechanical Applications

  7. Time-Dependent Problems: the Diffusion Equation

  8. Numerical Solution of the Diffusion Equation

  9. Numerical Solution of the Time-Dependent Schrodinger Equation

  10. Scattering of a Wave Packet by a Barrier