Quantum Galaxies AR app for iPhone and iPad

Quantum Galaxies AR requires compatibility with iOS AR. Use a second device to display a control character to the AR camera. Or, print to page from a single device (see screen shot). The Apple Store has a copy of all the control characters in the previews section, or...

Goto developer website for control characters,
https://jonathanjerke.me

Solving Quantum Mechanics is difficult to compute and understand. As a teacher and researcher, I enjoy both comprehending and seeing others understand the subject. This is why I have started a project to progressively improve the 3D visualization of quantum chemistry. The subject is how electrons, which maintain identity, flow around slowly moving nuclear charges. A minimalist approach is to determine the density of the electrons, as a 1-body physical density—like a fluid. In reality correlation is massively important, which requires at least 2-body density correlations. The difficulty of quantum chemistry lies really in the correlations of electrons. My goal is to visualize a 2-body density in-time.

Unlike quantum chemistry, which traditionally considers only the final destination of this production, I focus on the process of the electron in-time. In this first APP I begin with a 1-body broad electron-distribution, which immediately forms into spirals and other shapes similar to galaxies. Also classic atomic shapes emerge in-time. I am intrigued by this notion of parallels between galaxies and atoms, therefore I call this first app Quantum Galaxies.

Controls use an easily reproducible control character like a bold Times New Roman A, Y, or K (approximately 4 inches across). A lock-switch will keep AR acquisition from reseting. When switched ON, the system will only track the acquisition. An OFF switch will stop the computation and reset the AR. The exact control characters have been added to the APP screenshots. The slider starts at zero electric field. Try oscillating the field to simulate powerful photonic excitations!

Dr. Jonathan Jerke is a Yale physics Ph.D., 2010, where he learned about image processing technologies with a concentration in astrophysics. After his first interest of teaching, he started chemical research in Houston Texas. Currently, in the Poirier group at Texas Tech University, he is researching 2-, and 3-body exact solve technologies for periodic and spacial electronic structure problems. He has been a research professor at Texas Southern University and a visiting assistant professor at University of Houston. Generous funding sources include Army Research Office and the Welch Foundation.

A few current and relevant articles,

Jonathan, Jerke, and Poirier Bill. "Two-Body Schrödinger Wave Functions in a Plane-Wave Basis Via Separation of Dimensions." The Journal of Chemical Physics 148, no. 10 (2018): 104101.

Poirier, B. "Large Scale Exact Quantum Dynamics Calculations: Using Phase Space to Truncate the Basis Effectively." Adv Chem Phys (2018).

Jerke, J. L., Y. Lee, and C. J. Tymczak. "A Novel Gaussian-Sinc Mixed Basis Set for Electronic Structure Calculations." J Chem Phys 143, no. 6 (Aug 14 2015): 064108.

Jerke, Jonathan L, Young Lee, and CJ Tymczak. "Solving One-Electron Systems in a Novel Gaussian-Sinc Mixed Basis Set." arXiv preprint arXiv:1405.5073 (2014).