OSP Spins Launcher
Package
by
Mario Belloni and
Wolfgang Christian
OSP Spins Java Program by Wolfgang Christian
Original Spins Macintosh Program by Daniel Schroeder
and Thomas Moore [Am. J. Phys. 61,
798 (1993)]
Original SPINS Java Program by David McIntyre
This Launcher package (in the form of an executable java archive or jar file) contains ready-to-run OSP programs and a set of curricular materials for the teaching of measurement of spins-1/2 systems in quantum mechanics. Select a button below to begin:
Exercises: loads
all the spin exercises,
Single Measurement, Multiple Measurement and Spin Precession
Tutorial: loads an
interactive self-contained tutorial on spin-1/2 systems.
This tutorial contains the necessary theory required to understand and complete
the exercises.
About:
loads an overview of the curricular materials,
describes the SPINS and Launcher programs, and gives author credits and version
information.
All programs are feely distributable under the GNU GPL license.
Additional information about the OSP project can be obtained from
http://www.opensourcephysics.org/
Partial funding for this work was obtained through
an Associated Colleges of the South Teaching with Technology Fellowship
NSF grants DUE-0126439 and
DUE-0442581
© Mario Belloni and Wolfgang Christian (2006).