The Packet of an Uncertain Gaussian

Duration: 0:09:00

Year Published: 1982

Creator: Edwin Goldin | International Film Bureau

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Presents, through computer animation, a display of the time-dependent Gaussian wave function describing a free nonrelativistic particle, as well as a display of the supporting mathematical concepts necessary for the development of the spreading packet. Introduces the properties of a one-dimensional free particle wave function, the superposition of momentum eigenfunctions to form a wave packet in p-space, and Heisenberg's uncertainty principle.

Complete Record: , Presents, through computer animation, a display of the time-dependent Gaussian wave function describing a free nonrelativistic particle, as well as a display of the supporting mathematical concepts necessary for the development of the spreading packet. Introduces the properties of a one-dimensional free particle wave function, the superposition of momentum eigenfunctions to form a wave packet in p-space, and Heisenberg's uncertainty principle.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.