A computer-simulated Stern-Gerlach laboratory
Physics Education
2015-03-02 v1 Quantum Physics
Abstract
We describe an interactive computer program that simulates Stern-Gerlach measurements on spin-1/2 and spin-1 particles. The user can design and run experiments involving successive spin measurements, illustrating incompatible observables, interference, and time evolution. The program can be used by students at a variety of levels, from non-science majors in a general interest course to physics majors in an upper-level quantum mechanics course. We give suggested homework exercises using the program at various levels.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1502.07036,
title = {A computer-simulated Stern-Gerlach laboratory},
author = {Daniel V. Schroeder and Thomas A. Moore},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1502.07036},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
8 pages, 9 figures