Light Notes PS
... Light is electromagnetic radiation which travels as a transverse wave but is _____________ (given off) or ____________ (taken in) as a massless particle called a _____________. This is called the “wave-particle duality” of light. Like sound, light is affected by its medium. Unlike sound, the speed o ...
... Light is electromagnetic radiation which travels as a transverse wave but is _____________ (given off) or ____________ (taken in) as a massless particle called a _____________. This is called the “wave-particle duality” of light. Like sound, light is affected by its medium. Unlike sound, the speed o ...
Modern physics
... In order to avoid this, i.e. to have a localized particle with finite Δx we need a nearly definite momentum Δp≠0 . The narrower the width described by the weights A(p), the more precisely the momentum is constrained. The more precise the momentum, the more spread out the pulse is in space. The inver ...
... In order to avoid this, i.e. to have a localized particle with finite Δx we need a nearly definite momentum Δp≠0 . The narrower the width described by the weights A(p), the more precisely the momentum is constrained. The more precise the momentum, the more spread out the pulse is in space. The inver ...
The roads not taken: empty waves, wavefunction collapse and
... makes reference to ‘particle’ properties such as mass, the linearly evolving wavefunction ψ ( x ) does not generally exhibit any feature that could be put into correspondence with a localized particle structure. To turn quantum mechanics into a theory of matter and motion, with real atoms and molecu ...
... makes reference to ‘particle’ properties such as mass, the linearly evolving wavefunction ψ ( x ) does not generally exhibit any feature that could be put into correspondence with a localized particle structure. To turn quantum mechanics into a theory of matter and motion, with real atoms and molecu ...
1 Introduction - Alterman Summer School 2017
... The last parenthesis is for emphasis. So, spinor solutions emerge from solutions in the algebra. Remark: Particles are spinors, but one still needs more structure before we can say “this spinor represents a particle”. On the other hand, specific particles have to do with specific idempotents and, t ...
... The last parenthesis is for emphasis. So, spinor solutions emerge from solutions in the algebra. Remark: Particles are spinors, but one still needs more structure before we can say “this spinor represents a particle”. On the other hand, specific particles have to do with specific idempotents and, t ...
ParticleZoo
... The Quark Model The quark model represents a relatively simple picture of the internal structure of subatomic particles and makes predictions of their production and decay. It uses a minimum of adjusted quark parameters and has great predictive power, e.g., for the composite-particle masses, magnet ...
... The Quark Model The quark model represents a relatively simple picture of the internal structure of subatomic particles and makes predictions of their production and decay. It uses a minimum of adjusted quark parameters and has great predictive power, e.g., for the composite-particle masses, magnet ...
1 Perspectives on Quantum Reality
... quickly spreads out so that the cat is no longer determinately alive or determinately dead. The orthodox account appears adequate only as long as we think of quantum theory instrumentally; that is, as providing an algorithm for predicting the outcomes of measurements and not as a true description of ...
... quickly spreads out so that the cat is no longer determinately alive or determinately dead. The orthodox account appears adequate only as long as we think of quantum theory instrumentally; that is, as providing an algorithm for predicting the outcomes of measurements and not as a true description of ...
Quantum Hall trial wave functions and CFT
... the states in each Landau level and shift their energies away from the quantized values (8). The states which remain extended also don’t have their energies shifted by much. Now the crucial idea is that, at low temperatures, only the extended states contribute to the transport of electric charge acr ...
... the states in each Landau level and shift their energies away from the quantized values (8). The states which remain extended also don’t have their energies shifted by much. Now the crucial idea is that, at low temperatures, only the extended states contribute to the transport of electric charge acr ...
SAND Quantum Theory of What
... whether or not it is being observed. • But, how can this be verified? • The only verification we have is that, if two different observers agree on the results of their measurements, then they assume that something exists on which the measurements are being made. • This is verification by agreement. ...
... whether or not it is being observed. • But, how can this be verified? • The only verification we have is that, if two different observers agree on the results of their measurements, then they assume that something exists on which the measurements are being made. • This is verification by agreement. ...
You Are What You Think
... neuro-peptides and their receptors) and as non-matter. As non-matter, a thought is not limited by time or space. You can think of something that is not physically present; you can think of something that happened or will happen; and you can think of something that does not exist at all. As matter, t ...
... neuro-peptides and their receptors) and as non-matter. As non-matter, a thought is not limited by time or space. You can think of something that is not physically present; you can think of something that happened or will happen; and you can think of something that does not exist at all. As matter, t ...
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... going from a slower medium to a faster one would follow the red line in the other direction. ...
... going from a slower medium to a faster one would follow the red line in the other direction. ...
1 - A Level Tuition
... Explain what diffraction is, and describe the part played by diffraction in this experiment. Diffraction is the spreading of light waves past an opening. Diffraction from b and c ensures that waves from two sources meet so that ...
... Explain what diffraction is, and describe the part played by diffraction in this experiment. Diffraction is the spreading of light waves past an opening. Diffraction from b and c ensures that waves from two sources meet so that ...
PDF
... The matrix Q here has the property that every column sum is exactly one; such a matrix is termed a stochastic matrix. Note that since we are multiplying with a stochastic matrix, and all the entries of a stochastic matrix are nonnegative, it is not possible to make probabilities cancel, or kill, eac ...
... The matrix Q here has the property that every column sum is exactly one; such a matrix is termed a stochastic matrix. Note that since we are multiplying with a stochastic matrix, and all the entries of a stochastic matrix are nonnegative, it is not possible to make probabilities cancel, or kill, eac ...
polarization
... elliptically polarized, with axes in any set of directions perpendicular to the observation direction. In addition each of these can have an unpolarized component – that makes 6 possibilities – the 7th is totally unpolarized light. How to distinguish the types (Stokes) – pass the light through first ...
... elliptically polarized, with axes in any set of directions perpendicular to the observation direction. In addition each of these can have an unpolarized component – that makes 6 possibilities – the 7th is totally unpolarized light. How to distinguish the types (Stokes) – pass the light through first ...
Quantum Control in the Classical Limit: Can the
... After the ω + 2ω field, the excitation left on the system: ...
... After the ω + 2ω field, the excitation left on the system: ...
Quantum Mechanics from Periodic Dynamics: the bosonic case
... momentum as well |pn | = ~|kn | = n|p̄| = n~/Rt c. For dimensional reasons the proportionality constant is the reduced Planck constant ~ and thus we naturally get the de Broglie relation Rt (p̄) ≡ ~/Ē(p̄) = 1/ω̄(p̄). Since the period is related to the inverse of the fundamental energy Ē, and not t ...
... momentum as well |pn | = ~|kn | = n|p̄| = n~/Rt c. For dimensional reasons the proportionality constant is the reduced Planck constant ~ and thus we naturally get the de Broglie relation Rt (p̄) ≡ ~/Ē(p̄) = 1/ω̄(p̄). Since the period is related to the inverse of the fundamental energy Ē, and not t ...