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Chapter 1 Orbit Families and Action
Families of particle orbits are drawn in a varying color which represents the classical action or Hamiltoon's characteristic function SH = ∫p dq.(Sometimes SH is called 'reduced action'. ) The color is chosen by first calculating c = SH modulo h-bar (You can change Planck's constant from its default value h/2π = 1.0) The chromatic value c assigns the hue by its position on the color wheel (e.g.; c=0 is red, c=0.2 is a yellow, c=0.5 is a green, etc.). |
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Chapter 2 Rutherford Scattering
A parallel beam of iso-energetic alpha particles undergo Rutherford scattering from a coulomb field of a nucleus as calculated in these demos. It is also the ideal pattern of paths followed by intergalactic hydrogen in perturbed by the solar wind. |
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Chapter 3 Coulomb Field (H atom)
Orbits in an attractive Coulomb field are calculated here. You may select the initial position (x(0),y(0)) by moving the mouse to a desired launch point, and then select the initial momentum (px(0), py(0)) by pressing the mouse button and dragging. |
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Chapter 4 Molecular Ion Orbits
Orbits around two fixed nuclei are calculated here. A set of elliptic coordinates are drawn in the background. After running a few trajectories you may notice that their caustics conform to one or two of the elliptic coordinate lines. |
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