Modern Physics > Quantum Effects > Wave Mechanics
DCS# 7A55.xx

WAVE FUNCTION MODEL

 

APPARATUS
wave function model
202-aisle
wave function model video
202-13-A2


DESCRIPTION
The wave models represent the first four eigenstates for a particle in a one-dimensional box.  There is a hand crank to show time-dependence and the models rotate at the appropriate relative frequencies.  If we regard the axle as the x-axis, then the y- and z-planes represent the real and imaginary planes.  The video shows the projection of the motion in a single plane.