Category Archives: Physics

Source code in C to simulate a Speckle Potential

Posted on July 14, 2011 by

Addendum: After writing this post I had a nagging feeling. Some kind of unease about the codes I provided. After taking a quick read of my second edition of Numerical Recipes in C I realized what might have caused that … Continue reading →

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Trick with partial derivatives in Statistical Physics

Posted on July 1, 2011 by

— 1. The problem — Some time ago I was studying Statistical Physics and I ended up solving an interesting exercise. The exercise in question is from the book Statistical Physics by Mandl and it is on page 66: A … Continue reading →

Posted in Calculus, Mathematics, Physics, Statistical Physics | 2 Comments

Some more jazz

Posted on June 20, 2011 by

In a previous post I’ve already mentioned a few books that are useful for people that want to get into Quantum Mechanics and Field Theory. This time I want to add two more suggestions: Relativistic Quantum Mechanics and Field Theory. … Continue reading →

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Some resources on Field Theory and “all” that jazz

Posted on June 16, 2011 by

Here are some online resources on Field Theory related issues: Hagen Kleinert‘s Books. Warren Siegel‘s Fields. Warren Siegel‘s Introduction to string field theory. Srednicki‘s Quantum Field Theory. Though I’m hardly a specialist in this (yet!) I can see that all … Continue reading →

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A quickie on Special Relativity

Posted on June 13, 2011 by

This post is intended to be a very concise rebuttal to one of the most popular misconceptions about the theory of Special Relativity. — 1. Brief Historical Review — For the ones that really want to have a better grasp … Continue reading →

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New avenues into Quantum Mechanics

Posted on June 12, 2011 by

In recent times two articles that can do the seemingly impossible in Quantum Mechanics have been published and they generated some buzz on the interweb. This first article Observing the Average Trajectories of Single Photons in a Two-Slit Interferometer is … Continue reading →

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Cigar-shaped trap potential

Posted on June 9, 2011 by

At more or less at the same time that I did the Mathematica code to simulate a speckle pattern producing potential I also had to create a code that recreated a cigar-shaped trap potential. This was done with the goal … Continue reading →

Posted in C, Physics, Programming, Quantum Mechanics | 1 Comment