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English: A harmonic oscillator in classical mechanics (A-B) and quantum mechanics (C-H). In (A-B), a ball, attached to a spring (gray line), oscillates back and forth. In (C-H), wavefunction solutions to the Time-Dependent Schrödinger Equation are shown for the same potential. The horizontal axis is position, the vertical axis is the real part (blue) or imaginary part (red) of the wavefunction. (C,D,E,F) are stationary states (energy eigenstates), which come from solutions to the Time-Independent Schrodinger Equation. (G-H) are non-stationary states, solutions to the Time-Dependent but not Time-Independent Schrödinger Equation. (G) is a randomly-generated superposition of the four states (E-F). H is a "coherent state" ("Glauber state") which somewhat resembles the classical state B.
العربية: مذبذب توافقي في الميكانيكا الكلاسيكية (A-B) وميكانيكا الكم (C-H). في (A-B)، كرة متصلة بنابض (خط رمادي)، تتأرجح ذهابًا وإيابًا. في (C-H)، يعرض حلول الدالة الموجية لمعادلة شرودنغر المعتمدة على الوقت لنفس الإمكانات. المحور الأفقي هو الموضع، والمحور العمودي هو الجزء الحقيقي (الأزرق) أو الجزء التخيلي (الأحمر) من دالة الموجة. (C ،D ،E ،F) هي حالات ثابتة (حالات الطاقة الذاتية)، والتي تأتي من حلول معادلة شرودنغر المستقلة عن الزمن. (G-H) هي حالات غير ثابتة، وهي حلول لمعادلة شرودنغر التي تعتمد على الوقت ولكنها ليست مستقلة عن الوقت. (G) هو تراكب أنشىء عشوائيًا للحالات الأربع (E-F). H هي "حالة متماسكة" ("حالة جلوبر") تشبه إلى حد ما الحالة الكلاسيكية B.
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Author Sbyrnes321 
(* Source code written in Mathematica 6.0 by Steve Byrnes, Feb. 2011. This source code is public domain. *)
(* Shows classical and quantum trajectory animations for a harmonic potential. Assume m=w=hbar=1. *)
ClearAll["Global`*"]
(*** Wavefunctions of the energy eigenstates ***)
psi[n_, x_] := (2^n*n!)^(-1/2)*Pi^(-1/4)*Exp[-x^2/2]*HermiteH[n, x];
energy[n_] := n + 1/2;
psit[n_, x_, t_] := psi[n, x] Exp[-I*energy[n]*t];
(*** A random time-dependent state ***)
SeedRandom[1];
CoefList = Table[Random[]*Exp[2 Pi I Random[]], {n, 0, 4}];
CoefList = CoefList/Norm[CoefList];
Randpsi[x_, t_] := Sum[CoefList[[n + 1]]*psit[n, x, t], {n, 0, 4}];
(*** A coherent state (or "Glauber state") ***)
CoherentState[b_, x_, t_] := Exp[-Abs[b]^2/2] Sum[b^n*(n!)^(-1/2)*psit[n, x, t], {n, 0, 15}];
(*** Make the classical plots...a red ball anchored to the origin by a gray spring. ***)
classical1[t_, max_] := ListPlot[{{max Cos[t], 0}}, PlotStyle -> Directive[Red, AbsolutePointSize[15]]];
zigzag[x_] := Abs[(x + 0.25) - Round[x + 0.25]] - .25;
spring[x_, left_, right_] := (.9 zigzag[3 (x - left)/(right - left)])/(1 + Abs[right - left]);
classical2[t_, max_] := Plot[spring[x, -5, max Cos[t]], {x, -5, max Cos[t]}, PlotStyle -> Directive[Gray, Thick]];
classical3 = ListPlot[{{-5, 0}}, PlotStyle -> Directive[Black, AbsolutePointSize[7]]];
classical[t_, max_, label_] := Show[classical2[t, max], classical1[t, max], classical3, 
   PlotRange -> {{-5, 5}, {-1, 1}}, Ticks -> None, Axes -> {False, True}, PlotLabel -> label, AxesOrigin -> {0, 0}];
(*** Put all the plots together ***)
SetOptions[Plot, {PlotRange -> {-1, 1}, Ticks -> None, PlotStyle -> {Directive[Thick, Blue], Directive[Thick, Pink]}}];
MakeFrame[t_] := GraphicsGrid[
   {{classical[t + 2, 1.5, "A"], classical[t, 3, "B"]},
    {Plot[{Re[psit[0, x, t]], Im[psit[0, x, t]]}, {x, -5, 5}, PlotLabel -> "C"], 
     Plot[{Re[psit[1, x, t]], Im[psit[1, x, t]]}, {x, -5, 5}, PlotLabel -> "D"]},
    {Plot[{Re[psit[2, x, t]], Im[psit[2, x, t]]}, {x, -5, 5}, PlotLabel -> "E"], 
     Plot[{Re[psit[3, x, t]], Im[psit[3, x, t]]}, {x, -5, 5}, PlotLabel -> "F"]},
    {Plot[{Re[Randpsi[x, t]], Im[Randpsi[x, t]]}, {x, -5, 5}, PlotLabel -> "G"], 
     Plot[{Re[CoherentState[1, x, t]], Im[CoherentState[1, x, t]]}, {x, -5, 5}, PlotLabel -> "H"]}
    }, Frame -> All, ImageSize -> 300];
output = Table[MakeFrame[t], {t, 0, 4 Pi*96/97, 4 Pi/97}];
SetDirectory["C:\\Users\\Steve\\Desktop"]
Export["test.gif", output]

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current09:16, 2 March 2011Thumbnail for version as of 09:16, 2 March 2011300 × 373 (759 KB)Sbyrnes321Alter spring, to avoid the visual impression that the ball is rotating in a circle around the y-axis through the third dimension.
22:55, 1 March 2011Thumbnail for version as of 22:55, 1 March 2011300 × 373 (733 KB)Sbyrnes321Add zigzag spring; shrink image to 300px width; increase frame count to 97.
23:58, 27 February 2011Thumbnail for version as of 23:58, 27 February 2011347 × 432 (707 KB)Sbyrnes321Switched from 100 frames to 80 frames, to be under the 12.5-million-pixel limit for animations in wikipedia articles.
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