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Maybe it's not the best place for this issue yet.

I am in graduate school. Field of knowledge of my supervisor - quantum physics - or rather, he examines the interaction of particles. Sources which he adviced to me are designed for the experienced physicist who is familiar with the concepts like wave functions, Coulomb interactions, etc. Because I am new to this business, I find it hard to work with sources, expected for skilled physicist.

I completed studies at university which is not related with phisics.

I wrote application, that build graphic of triply-differential cross section for ionisation of hydrogen atoms by electrons and positrons (using First Born Approximation). My supervisor help me with it.

TDCS application

I want to understand how to translate physics language to programming language. Thats why I want to start from the beginning. Which books/articles/sources you can advice to start learning this field of physics (for newbie)?

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Hi stukselbax, and welcome to Physics Stack Exchange! The problem with this question is that it's kind of "rambly" and it's not quite clear what you're really asking. Could you edit your question to provide some context? What motivated you to ask this question, what is your level of knowledge, and what exactly are you confused about? (Also the second part of your question is something separate; I'd suggest editing it out. A web search for "hypergeometric function" will help you out with that, though.) – David Zaslavsky♦ Nov 28 '11 at 18:14
@DavidZaslavsky , I edited the question. – stukselbax Nov 29 '11 at 17:27
Hmm... well, although the background information helps, your actual question is still quite vague, which makes it inappropriate for this site. "Translating physics language to programming language" is an extremely broad body of knowledge, if that's what you're asking about. You will need to narrow this down to a specific conceptual question about physics. If you can do that, I will be happy to reopen it. Feel free to bring this up in Physics Chat and perhaps you can get some advice on improving your question. – David Zaslavsky♦ Dec 2 '11 at 1:31

closed as not a real question by David Zaslavsky♦ Dec 2 '11 at 1:31

It's difficult to tell what is being asked here. This question is ambiguous, vague, incomplete, overly broad, or rhetorical and cannot be reasonably answered in its current form. For help clarifying this question so that it can be reopened, see the FAQ.