Visual Quantum Mechanics





QuantumGL

This is an OpenGL-based 3D-visualization tool written by Wolfgang Thaller. QuantumGL is especially useful for the visualization of quantum-mechanical wave functions. I have used QuantumGL, in particular, to create the three-dimensional visualizations of the hydrogen atom with and without spin. See some examples here. Many more examples are on the CD-ROM accompanying the book "Advanced Visual Quantum Mechanics".

QuantumGL can show (transparent) isosurfaces and slice planes of complex-valued data fields in three dimensions, and flux lines of vector fields. It can make use of this color map for complex numbers, and has built in functions for generating animations. However, the user interface and the documentation are not very polished.

Download application: (about 1.5 MB)
zip archive (Windows, Mac) StuffIt archive (Mac)

The download contains versions of the application for Windows and for Macintosh (OS-X), a reference manual and an example.

This application is provided here without warranty whatsoever. Moreover, I cannot provide any support. Use at your own risk. If you are not satisfied with the feature set, feel free to modify or improve the source code. Please read the license information below.

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Source code by: Wolfgang Thaller
Windows user interface by: Roman Weinberger

LICENSE

This program, "QuantumGL", is copyright © 2004 Bernd Thaller. All rights reserved.

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