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From: dauger@physics.ucla.edu
Subject: Atom in a Box - Real-time Quantum Orbitals for Macintosh


Filename: Orbitals (411,503 bytes)
Subj: Atomic Orbitals on Macintosh                Date: May 8, 1998
Keywords: Science, Education, Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Orbital, Atom 

Abs: This archive contains version 1.0 of Atom in a Box, an educational 
program that aids in visualizing the Hydrogenic atomic orbitals, a prime 
and otherwise unwieldy example of quantum mechanics.   Requires a PowerPC
Macintosh.   See <http://www.physics.ucla.edu/~dauger/> for more info.

Desc: Unlike other tools in this category, this program raytraces through a
three-dimensional cloud density that represents the wavefunction's
probability density and presents its results in real-time (up to 48 frames
per second on the latest hardware).  The user interface is very interactive
and provides a wide degree of flexibility. 

It contains all 140 eigenstates up to the n=7 energy level and the allowed
spectral transitions between those eigenstates.  It also allows a state
formed by a superposition of up to eight of those eigenstates allowing for
over 3 trillion possible states.  The program can display a wavefunction as a
picture of a cloud, use color as phase, plot in red-cyan left/right for 3D
glasses, and slice the wavefunction.  

You can download a copy of it and see demonstrations of its output at: 
<http://www.physics.ucla.edu/~dauger/orbitals/>

For individual users, this software is US $20 shareware.  Once you register,
I'll send you a registration code that eliminates the shareware reminder.  

Thank you for your attention,
    Dean Dauger
<http://www.physics.ucla.edu/~dauger/>

The archive contains a PowerPC Macintosh application and a Read Me.