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Potential Energy Diagrams

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Electron Interference

Wikipedia Double slit article

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_slit

Simulated ripple tank
http://www.falstad.com/ripple/

Animation of double slit

http://homepage.univie.ac.at/Franz.Embacher/KinderUni2005/waves.gif

Light simulation in which you can vary wavelength

http://vsg.quasihome.com/interf.htm

Real experiment one electron at a time
http://www.hqrd.hitachi.co.jp/global/doubleslit.cfm

Summary from What the bleep do we know?

http://beta.vtap.com/video/Dr+Quantum+-+Double+Slit+Experiment/CL0015151597_2a40f7cb0

Simplest double slit experiment
http://twistedphysics.typepad.com/cocktail_party_physics/2007/11/the-photon-has-.html

What the Bleep do we know video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfPeprQ7oGc

Color Temperature

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/colortemperature/

Absorption Spectra

Solar Spectrum

http://www.noao.edu/image_gallery/html/im0600.html

http://www.noao.edu/image_gallery/images/d5/suny.jpg

Compare absorption and emission spectra

http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu//cosmic_classroom/ir_tutorial/spec.html

Spectra from Visual Quantum Mechanics

Quick review:

http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/light/absorption.html

Using spectra in stars

http://hubblesite.org/sci.d.tech/nuts_.and._bolts/instruments/stis/stis_a.shtml

Graphs to represent emission and absorption

Intensity vs. wavelength

http://www.astronomynotes.com/light/s5.htm

http://astronomy.nmsu.edu/nicole/teaching/ASTR110/lectures/lecture19/slide02.html

http://deepimpact.jpl.nasa.gov/science/spectroscopy.html

http://cassfos02.ucsd.edu/public/tutorial/Stars.html

Looking at all parts

http://outreach.atnf.csiro.au/education/senior/astrophysics/spectra_astro_types.html

Visual Quantum Mechanics

http://web.phys.ksu.edu/vqm

Physics Education Technology

http://www.colorado.edu/physics/phet/web-pages/index.html

Physics 2000

http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/index.pl

Quantum Science Across the Disciplines

Temperature Spectrum Explorer: http://qsad.bu.edu/applets/blackbody/applet.html

Wave Function angle explorer: http://qsad.bu.edu/applets/AWFExp/AWFExp.html

Downloads: http://qsad.bu.edu/

Atomic emission & absorption
http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/light/absorption.html

see also E-M radiation from moving charge applets at:
http://frontpage.wiu.edu/~bmd111/phys428simulations.html

Using spectra in stars

http://hubblesite.org/sci.d.tech/nuts_.and._bolts/instruments/stis/index.shtml

Graphs to represent emission and absorption

Intensity vs. wavelength

http://deepimpact.jpl.nasa.gov/science/spectroscopy.html

http://astronomy.nmsu.edu/nicole/teaching/ASTR110/lectures/lecture19/slide02.html

http://cassfos02.ucsd.edu/public/tutorial/Stars.html

Medical applications

http://www.biomed.org/pet.html

http://www.msit.com/pat_proc3.html

Interactive color temperature

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/colortemperature/

STM Images:
http://www.almaden.ibm.com/vis/stm/gallery.html

Quantum tunneling

With time evolution: http://www.colorado.edu/physics/phet/simulations/quantum-tunneling/quantum-tunneling.jnlp

Teletransportation

http://www.quantum.at

E. Schroedinger, "Die gegenwaertige Situation in der Quantenmechanik", (The Present Situation In Quantum Mechanics) Naturwissenschaften 23: pp.807-812; 823-828; 844-849 (1935). English Translation:

http://www.tu-harburg.de/rzt/rzt/it/QM/cat.html

Infinite Square potential (square drum) animated

http://www.falstad.com/mathphysics.html

http://www.math.ups.edu/~martinj/courses/fall2002/m302/squaredrummovies.html

Fundamental mode

http://clem.mscd.edu/~talmanl/MOOVs/Drums/CentralDrumBeatShort.MOV

Attempt to plot wave function on a grid

http://www.chm.davidson.edu/ChemistryApplets/AtomicOrbitals/plots.html

http://www.mpip-mainz.mpg.de/~jeschke/qm_basics_5.pdf

http://home.comcast.net/~andy_dunn/hydrogen.html

Density of dots

http://www.falstad.com/qmatom/

Orbitals

http://winter.group.shef.ac.uk/orbitron/

http://www.orbitals.com/orb/ov.htm

Building electron configuration in periodic table:

http://www.webelements.com/webelements/elements/text/H/econ.html

Periodic tables on the Web

http://www.dayah.com/periodic/

http://periodic.lanl.gov/default.htm

http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/applets/a2.html

http://www.chemicalelements.com/

http://chemistry.about.com/cs/periodictables/

http://www.anachem.umu.se/cgi-bin/pointer.exe?PeriodicTables

Nuclear Binding energy

http://lectureonline.cl.msu.edu/~mmp/kap30/Nuclear/nuc.htm
http://atom.kaeri.re.kr/
http://www.kcvs.ca/projects/modern_physics/physics.php

Radioactivity

http://lectureonline.cl.msu.edu/~mmp/applist/decay/decay.htm

http://www.upscale.utoronto.ca/GeneralInterest/Harrison/Flash/Nuclear/Decay/NuclearDecay.html

http://www.nucleonica.net/unc.aspx

http://www.lbl.gov/abc/

http://chemed.chem.purdue.edu/genchem/topicreview/bp/ch23/modes.php

Gamma: http://ie.lbl.gov/radioactivedecay/page2.htm

General Information: http://www.physics.isu.edu/radinf/cover.htm

Radioactive consumer products

http://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/consumer%20products/consumer.htm

Fiestaware on You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJf-VpR7foM

Radioactivity of Fiestaware: http://repositories.cdlib.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1922&context=lbnl

Uranium in Kansas Water Supply

Fission

Animation: http://www.cekert.kth.se/nuclear_power/virtual/nobel_showcase/fission_process_animation_hr.html

Chain reaction http://library.thinkquest.org/17940/texts/java/Reaction.html

Nuclear Reasctors

http://www.matter.org.uk/Schools/Content/NuclearReactor/Nuke.html

http://www.ida.liu.se/~her/npp/demo.html

Fusion

http://www.astro.ubc.ca/~scharein/a311/Sim/fusion/Fusion.html

Tokamak: http://www.visionlearning.com/library/flash_viewer.php?oid=2747

ITER: http://www.iter.org/index.htm

Radium Girls

http://alanwatch.homestead.com/page9.html

http://www.junkscience.com/oct98/radgirls.htm

http://www.runet.edu/~wkovarik/envhist/radium.html

http://elginwatches.org/help/luminous_dials.html

Poem: http://www.unco.edu/colopoets/poets/swanson_eleanor/radium.html

The Black Box Game:
          http://neutrino.phys.ksu.edu/~gahs/blackbox.html
          http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Black_Box_%28game%29&oldid=100502263
          http://www.ericsolomon.co.uk/bb/hexbb.html

RGB color additivity:
          http://neutrino.phys.ksu.edu/~gahs/phys451/spotsr2g2b2.html

Entagled states / EPR paradox:
    Article, illustrative fiction and fact:
       "Sherlock Holmes investigates the EPR paradox", by Colin Jack, Physics World, April, 1995.

Relativity:
       Books, factual:
             Einstein's Relativity: The special and general theory: http://www.bartleby.com/173/
       Books, illustrative fiction:
             The new world of Mr. Tompkins: George Gamow’s classic Mr. Tompkins in paperback, by R. Stanard and G. Gamow: http://www.netlibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=53724
       "Physlets":
             http://webphysics.davidson.edu/physlet_resources/special_relativity/default.html

Black hole movies and info:
    http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/rjn_bht.html