Visualization of Classical and Quantum Scattering

Aitor Pérez Godoy, “Visualization of Classical and Quantum Scattering,” Bachelor's Thesis (Gradu Amaierako Lana), Física, University of the Basque Country (EHU), September 2018. Directed by Josu M. Igartua Aldamiz.

Bachelor's Thesis (TFG)quantumscattering

Particles deflect / partial waves and phase shifts spin / in glowing 3D

Student

Aitor Pérez Godoy

Degree

Física

Course

2017/18

Defended

2018-09-12

Language

English (EN)

Direction

Josu M. Igartua Aldamiz

Status

Certified

Record

3 referenced files · full text indexed in the private corpus

Abstract

The nature of this project is totally pedagogic: it aims to help students who are starting in physics by visualizing concepts that are not very intuitive. It illustrates how classical and quantum scattering can be explained in an interactive way, implementing them computationally in Python, an open source language, with every code made available on github. Following a chronological and intuitive order, the project first explains classical scattering and its implementation (deflection function, scattering angle and cross section), and then quantum scattering, which is far more complex (scattering amplitude, partial waves and phase shifts), with the mathematical derivations gathered in appendices. The work concludes that interactive 3D animations, built with libraries such as vpython, facilitate teaching and learning by letting students visualize each concept right after it is explained.

Key figures

Figure 1 from the thesis — Figure 1. Reproduced from the thesis; the complete document remains in the private corpus.

Figure 2 from the thesis — Figure 2. Reproduced from the thesis; the complete document remains in the private corpus.

How to cite

Aitor Pérez Godoy (2018). Visualization of Classical and Quantum Scattering. Bachelor’s Thesis (Gradu Amaierako Lana), Física, EHU. Directed by Josu M. Igartua Aldamiz.

@mastersthesis{tfg-2018-04,
  author = {Pérez Godoy, Aitor},
  title  = {Visualization of Classical and Quantum Scattering},
  type   = {Gradu Amaierako Lana (Bachelor's Thesis)},
  school = {University of the Basque Country (EHU)},
  address = {Leioa, Spain},
  year   = {2018},
  note   = {Directed by Josu M. Igartua Aldamiz}
}

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