Visualization of Electronic Density in Hydrogen Atoms and Carbon allotropes |
| TYPE | Computational science seminar |
| Speaker: | Joan Adler |
| Affiliation: | Technion |
| Organizer: | Joan Adler |
| Date: | 07.11.2010 |
| Time: | 11:00 |
| Location: | Lidow 620 |
| Remark: | see http://phycomp.technion.ac.il/~phr76ja/CPsem.html for updates |
| Presentation: |  |
| Abstract: | Quantum mechanics tells us that electrons don't run in circles around nuclei, they have a probability of being somewhere at sometime. This is a concept that we try to explain in Modern Physics courses, but its hard to ``see''. The distribution of electron density around the carbon atoms of allotropes, including diamond, amorphous carbon and nanotubes, turns out to be very important for understanding their properties. I will describe the AViz approach to visualizing electron density with examples from both Modern Physics courses and research projects in the Computational Physics group. The talk will be based on slides from my recent conference presentations: Hydrogen atom visualization - http://phycomp.technion.ac.il/~phr76ja/TW/talkindex.html and carbon allotrope visualization - http://phycomp.technion.ac.il/~phr76ja/CCP2010/talktitle.html |