SC 99-39 Johannes Schmidt-Ehrenberg, Hans-Christian Hege: Visualizing Quantum Mechanical Phenomena (in preparation)
Abstract: In this paper we discuss several ways to visualize
stationary and non-stationary quantum mechanical
systems. We demonstrate an approach for the
quantitative interpretation of probability density
isovalues which yields a reasonable correlation between
isosurfaces for different timesteps. As an intuitive
quantity for visualizing the momentum of a quantum
system we propose the probability flow density which
can be treated by vector field visualization techniques.
Finally, we discuss the visualization of non-stationary
systems by a sequence of single timestep images.
Keywords: quantum dynamics,
isosurfaces,
probability flow,
animation
MSC: 68U05
CR: I.3.8, J.2
PACS: 07.05.Rm