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The QM Wigner program displays the time evolution of the position-space wave function and the associated quasi-probability distribution in phase space via the Wigner function. The default wave function is a Gaussian wave packet in a harmonic oscillator. Additional states and other potential...

The STP LJ2DMetropolis program is a Monte Carlo simulation of Lennard-Jones particles in two dimensions in contact with a heat bath. The default initial condition is a rectangular configuration of N=64 particles in a box of length L = 18 and a temperature T= 1. STP LJ2DMetropolis is part of a...

The QM Measurement program displays the time evolution of the position-space wave function and can be used to simulate the quantum-mechanical measurements of energy, position, and/or momentum. It is distributed as a ready-to-run (compiled) Java archive. Double clicking the qm_measurement.jar file...


Platforms: Mac

The STP EinsteinSolidHeatBath program simulates the exchange of energy between an Einstein solid and a heat bath. The purpose of this simulation is to determine the properties of a Einstein solid at different temperature T and to compare our results with analytical calculations of the...


Platforms: Mac

The STP 1DIsing program is a Monte Carlo simulation of a one-dimensional Ising model in equilibrium with a heat bath at temperature T using the Metropolis algorithm. The default is N=64 spins up (s = 1) with no external field with heat bath temperature T=1. STP Ising1D is part of a suite of Open...


Platforms: Mac

The QM Spins program simulates the quantum-mechanical measurement of spin-1/2 and spin-1 particles. The default simulation shows the result of measuring the z component of spin on a beam of spin-1/2 particles with a random (or statistical) mixture of spin orientations. Additional initial states...


Platforms: Mac

The EM Radiation program displays the electric field vectors (in the x-y plane) and magnetic field contours (for the field in the z direction) calculated from the Lienard-Wiechert potentials for a charged particle. The default scenario shows the resulting radiation from a charged particle in...


Platforms: Mac

The GR Embedding program displays a representation of the curvature of space near a massive object. GR Embedding is part of a suite of Open Source Physics programs that model aspects of General Relativity. It is distributed as a ready-to-run (compiled) Java archive. Double clicking the...


Platforms: Mac

The GR Classical program simulates orbits of objects around a central mass using Newtonian mechanics. It also displays a plot of the effective potential well in which the orbiting particle resides. GR Classical is part of a suite of Open Source Physics programs that model aspects of General...


Platforms: Mac

The STP EinsteinSolids program displays the energy distribution of an Einstein solid in thermal contact with another Einstein solid. The purpose of this program is to explore the distribution of energy between two systems in thermal contact. The default state is two Einstein solids, system A and...


Platforms: Mac

The STP IdealBoseGasIntegral program numerically determines the value of the chemical potential of an ideal Bose gas for a given temperature and density. STP IdealBoseGasIntegral is part of a suite of Open Source Physics programs that model aspects of Statistical and Thermal Physics (STP). The...


Platforms: Mac

The STP IsingMeanFieldSolution program uses Newton's method to calculate solutions to the mean-field approximation to the equation of state of the Ising model. The program also displays the free energy as a function of the magnetization m for given values of T and the magnetic field H. The...


Platforms: Mac

The STP IdealGasNumberOfStates program numerically evaluates the number of states of an ideal gas and demonstrates finite size effects by plotting the actual number of states and the asymptotic expression. The default is two-dimensional system (d=2). STP IdealGasNumberOfStates is part of a suite...


Platforms: Mac

The STP IdealQuantumGas program is a simulation of an ideal quantum gas in equilibrium with a heat bath. The program computes the density of states, particle distribution function, and energy occupancy diagram. The default system is a three-dimensional ideal Fermi gas of N=100 particles at...


Platforms: Mac

The STP IdealFermiGasIntegral program numerically determines the value of the chemical potential of an ideal Fermi gas for a given temperature and density. STP IdealFermiGasIntegral is part of a suite of Open Source Physics programs that model aspects of Statistical and Thermal Physics (STP)....


Platforms: Mac

The STP ChemicalDemon program displays a histogram of the energy of a demon that exchanges energy and particles with a one-dimensional lattice of particles. The purpose of this simulation is to understand how the demon acts as an ideal thermometer and ideal measurement of the chemical potential....


Platforms: Mac

The STP TemperatureMeasurementLJ program simulates the exchange energy between a demon and a system of particles interacting via the Lennard-Jones potential. The program shows the kinetic temperature of the system as a function of time, and the energy distribution of the demon. The purpose of...


Platforms: Mac

The GR Seeing program The GR Seeing program simulates the path of light around a black hole using the Schwarzschild metric. It also shows a plot of the proper time and angle the light is observed by a shell observer in order to demonstrate what a shell observer would see when looking at light...


Platforms: Mac

Efax-gtk is a GUI front end for the 'efax' fax program. It can be used to send and receive faxes with a fax modem, and to view, print and manage faxes received. It also has a socket interface to provide a "virtual printer" for sending faxes from word processors and similar programs, and can...


Platforms: *nix

KmTail is a KDE4 version of the venerable Ktail program. It has pretty much the same features and allows you to monitor various log files. Note that most files in /var/log are only root-readable so you will have to start KmTail with kdesu for it to be useful. KmTail now does its own file tailing,...


Platforms: *nix