Visualization of Atomic Collisions Calculations.

Description of the physics illustrated by the animations
Article by Mette Machholm and Christine Courbin who used the movies in research

Animations

Each of the animations is about 120 kB of data transfer
na3p- Li+ ion colliding with Na atom laser excited to 3p m = -1 state (watch the current)
na3p+ Li+ ion colliding with Na atom laser excited to 3p m = +1 state (watch the current)
Comparison of both na3p+ and na3p- in one window. (Best on newer machines and larger screens, minimum 800 pixels wide). If you use Microsoft Exploder, please read the next entry, part about frames.
Tips for use of the animations to understand the physical mechanisms.
How to use the animator

Definition of the displayed quantities:

Probability Density and Current in Quantum Mechanics


Authors:

Irina Otdelnova, L. Kocbach, present setup (Bergen)
Mette Machholm and Christine Courbin, Wavefunction Calculations (Paris)
Martin Holecko, The javascript animator used in the linked animations (Prague)
Ladislav Kocbach, Modifications of Holecko's animator; The original Atomic Movie animators for X, Mac and DOS (Bergen)