The Virtual Physics Laboratory

Dr. Hans-Jürgen Wollersheim - GSI Darmstadt

Mechanics



• Velocity and Acceleration
  
• Motion with Constant Acceleration
  
• Free Fall (Earth,Moon,Mars)
  
• Two-dimensional Collisions
  
• Gravitational Orbits (Kepler's Laws)
  
• Flaschenzug
  
• Addition of Vektors in Three Dimensions
  
• Simple Machines: Pulleys
  
• Newtons Cradle
  
• Conservation of Momentum in Different Inertial Frames
  
• Beam Balance (Torque)
  
• 2D Collision
  
• Gleichgewicht dreier Kraefte
  
• Schiefe Ebene
  
• Elastischer und Unelastischer Stoss
  
• Auftriebskraft in Fluessigkeiten
  
• Buoyant Force
  
• Modell eines Kettenkarussells (Zentripetalkraft)
  
• Reaction Time
  
• Ballistic Simulator
  
• Projectile Motion
  
• Center of Gravity
  




Optics



• Double Slit Experiment
  
• Snell's Law
  
• Converging Lens
  
• Diverging Lens
  
• Mirrors and Raytracing
  
• Laws of Reflection and Refraction
  
• Refraction of Light Demonstration
  
• Prism
  
• Addition of Colors
  
• Light Dispersion through a Glass Prizm
  
• Single-Slit Difraction
  
• Additive Colors
  




Waves



• Sound Waves
  
• Superposition I
  
• Wave Phenomena - Adding Simple Harmonic Waves II
  
• Wave Phenomena - Longitudinal Waves, Transverse Waves and Waves of Mixed Type
  
• Bragg's Law and Diffraction
  
• Propagation of Electromagnetic Wave
  
• Interference of two Sinusoidal Waveforms
  
• Interferenz zweier Kreis- oder Kugelwellen
  
• Ein Beispiel zum Doppler Effekt
  
• Water in a Microwave Field
  
• Doppler Effect
  
• Fourier Sythesis
  
• Longitudional Waves
  




Electromagnetic field



• The Discovery of the Electron
  
• Magnetic Field Lines - History
  
• Lorentzkraft auf einen stromdurchflossenen Leiter
  
• Ohm's Law
  
• Electric Field
  
• Electric Charges
  
• Charged Particles Moving in a Magnetic Field
  
• Clipping Circuit
  
• Magnetfeld eines geraden stromdurchflossenen Leiters
  
• Charges and Fields
  
• Orbits
  
• Dipole Molecule and Charged Particle
  
• Electric Field
  




Nuclear Physics



• Der Aufbau von Atomen und Kernen
  
• Rutherford'sches Atommodell
  
• Schroedinger & Bohr Atomic Models
  
• Half Life
  
• Beta Decay
  
• Demonstration of an X-ray machine
  
• Natural Radioactive Series
  
• Control The Nuclear Power Plant (Demonstration)
  
• Das Zerfallsgesetz
  
• Das Moessbauergesetz
  
• The Photoelectric Effect
  
• Der Photoeffekt
  
• Das Bohrsche Atommodell des Wasserstoffatoms
  




Laser



• Absorption and Emission of Radiation by an Atom
  
• Atomic Emission (Level Scheme)
  
• General Laser Principle
  
• Evaporative Cooling in a Bose-Einstein Condensation
  
• Laser Cooling
  
• Laser Cooling in Two Dimensions
  
• Photons
  




Quantum Mechanics



• Tunneling or Barrier Penetration
  
• Quantum Mechanical Scattering
  




Relativity



• Relativistischer Flug durch Stonehenge und gif-Film (4.2 MB)
  
• Star Trek fly-by at high impulse
  
• Flight to Saturn etc. with 99 percent of the speed of light
  
• Riding a tram at near-light speed
  
• Falling into a black hole
  
• Virtual Trips to Black Holes and Neutron Stars
  
• Ein Beispiel für Zeitdiletation
  
• The Light Cone
  




Periodic Table



• Periodic Table
  
• Periodic Table (Monte Vista High School)
  
• spectral lines, electronic orbits, shell structure
  
• David's Whizzy Periodic Table (shell structure)
  
• Oscillating 3D Crystal
  




Mathematics



• Write and Plot a function
  
• Vector Addition in Two Dimension
  
• Vector Addition in Three Dimensions
  
• Theorem of Pythagoras
  
• Vernier
  
• Grafik Rechner
  
• Exponential Growth
  

Physics Simulations #1(Mississippi State University)
Physics Simulations #2(Mississippi State University)
The Virtual Laboratory (index)
Mechanics, Waves, Electromagnetism etc. (Fu-Kwun Hwang)
Mechanics (M. Casco Associates)
Java-Applets zur Physik (Walter Fendt)
Particle Adverture, Nuclear Science and Fusion
Physics Applets from the University of Oregon
Physics Applets from the University of Colorado
Physics Applets from the University of Wuerzburg
Burnaby South Secondary School - Physics
Relativistic links (Mokros Nicolai)
Relativity:bookmarks
Relativity Visualization Websites