A large number of OSP Java simulations are present in a group of Launcher packages, structured according to themes, which can be obtained a the OSP homepage.
Many of the packages have been developed as courses. Fig.11.10 shows the typical appearance when opening one of them. This launcher has three directories that can be opened via clicking on the buttons or with the file menu.
The directory Relativity Workshop, that can be called from the list on the bottom, contains a complete course on special and general theory of relativity, subdivided in chapters ordered according to topics. Some of them contains describing text with static pictures, theory and problems, many contain in addition interactive simulations.
The directory About OSP contains details about the authors, about the launcher method, with which many individual files can be combined to a package and about options of the presentation, among them language selection, provide this was enabled by the authors of the simulations.
The directory Programs contains many interactive cosmological simulations from Newtonian mechanics to Kerr and Rain metrics. For a number of simulations version created by the lecture are next to versions, that were produced by students.
The directory Programs has the structure as shown in Fig.11.9 with many sub-directories.
The File menu on top of Fig.11.9 contains options for editing and for exporting individual simulations.
In the following list we again show a table of the titles linked to the OSP homepage and the authors as well as a short description. On the margin is a link to directly access the Launcher package on the data carrier.
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1. Symmetry Breaking on a Rotating Hoop
The Rotating Hoop Launcher package shows the dynamics of a mass that is constrained to move on a rotating hoop. The rotating hoop model is an excellent mechanical model of first- and second-order phase transitions. ... Wolfgang Christian
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2. Modeling a Changing World
Modeling a Changing World written by mathematics professor Tim Chartier and his student Nick Dovidio presents curricular material in an OSP Launcher package to motivate the need for numerically solving ordinary ... Tim Chartier
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3. Hasbun Classical Mechanics Package
The Hasbun Classical Mechanics Package is a self-contained Java package of OSP programs in support of the textbook “Classical Mechanics with MATLAB Applications” Javier Hasbun
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4. Tracker Demo Package
The Tracker Sampler Package contains several video analysis experiments from mechanics and spectroscopy. It is distributed as a ready-to-run (compiled) Java archive containing the Tracker video analysis application, ... Douglas Brown
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5. Tracker Air Resistance Model
The Tracker Air Resistance Model asks students to explore air resistance of falling coffee cups by considering both viscous (linear) and drag (quadratic) models. Students see a video of falling cups and explore ... Douglas Brown
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6. General Relativity (GR) Package
The General Relativity (GR) Package is a self-contained file for the teaching of general relativity. The file contains ready-to-run OSP programs and a set of curricular materials. You can choose from a variety ... Wolfgang Christian, Mario Belloni, Anne Cox
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7. OSP QuILT Package
The OSP QuILT package is a self-contained file for the teaching of time evolution of wave functions in quantum mechanics. The file contains ready-to-run OSP programs and a set of curricular materials.Chandralekha Singh, Mario Belloni, Wolfgang Christian
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8. Phase Matters Package
The Phase Matters package is a self-contained file for the teaching of phase and time evolution in quantum mechanics. The file contains ready-to-run OSP programs and a set of curricular materials. The material ... Mario Belloni, Wolfgang Christian
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9. Spins Package
The Spins package is a self-contained file for the teaching of measurement and time evolution of spin-1/2 systems in quantum mechanics. The file contains ready-to-run OSP programs and a set of curricular ... Mario Belloni, Wolfgang Christian
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10. Statistical and Thermal Physics (STP) Application
The Statistical and Thermal Physics (STP) Application is a self-contained file for the teaching of statistical and thermal physics. The file contains ready-to-run OSP programs and a set of curricular materials. ... Harvey Gould, Jan Tobochnik
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11. Momentum Space Package
The Momentum Space package is a self-contained file for the teaching of the time evolution and visualization of energy eigenstates and their superpositions via momentum space in quantum mechanics. The file ... Mario Belloni, Wolfgang Christian
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12. Position Carpet Package
The Position Carpet package is a self-contained file for the teaching of the time evolution and visualization of energy eigenstates and their superpositions via quantum space-time diagrams or quantum carpets... Mario Belloni, Wolfgang Christian
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13. Wigner Package
The Wigner package is a self-contained file for the teaching of the time evolution and visualization of energy eigenstates and their superpositions in quantum mechanics. The file contains ready-to-run OSP ... Mario Belloni, Wolfgang Christian
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14. Modeling Physics with Easy Java Simulations: TPT Package
This Java archive contains a collection of simple Easy Java Simulations (EJS) programs for the teaching of computer-based modeling. The materials and text of this resource appeared in an article of the same ... Wolfgang Christian, Francisco Esquembre
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15. Superposition Package
The Superposition package is a self-contained file for the teaching of the time evolution and visualization of energy eigenstates and their superpositions in quantum mechanics. The file contains ready-to-run ... Mario Belloni, Wolfgang Christian
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16. Demo Package
The Demo package is a self-contained file for the teaching of orbits, electromagnetic radiation from charged particles and quantum mechanical bound states. The file contains ready-to-run OSP programs and ... Mario Belloni, Wolfgang Christian
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17. Computer Simulation Methods examples
Ready to run Launcher package containing examples for an Introduction to Computer Simulation Methods byHarvey Gould, Jan Tobochnik, and Wolfgang Christian
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18. OSP User’s Guide Examples
Ready to run Launcher package containing examples for Open Source Physics: A User’s Guide with Examples by Wolfgang Christian
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19. Numerical Time Development in Quantum Mechanics
Using a Reduced Hilbert Space Approach
This self-contained file contains Open Source Physics programs for the teaching of time evolution and visualization of quantum-mechanical bound states. The suite of programs is based on the ability to expand ... Mario Belloni, Wolfgang Christian
Here you should again look directly on the OSP homepage, where new packages or versions are present.
In addtion the comfortable search function of the home page allows to search for certain topics , levels and intended audiences. Fig.11.12 shows the search tree. The individual selection boxes are each structured into numerous categories. For the topics this is shown in the following section. Search
On the OSP homepage you also may find isolated simulations ( 91 of them as of May 2009). To find these you choose the search function under OSP type Java Model, as shown in the Fig.11.14 Search
Credit: We thank Wolfgang Christian and Francisco Esquembre for the permission to use the files as available on the OSP homepage of May 2009 in this book,
