Monday, Mar. 23, 2015
... • Lyman series: The atom will remain in the excited state for a short time before emitting a photon and returning to a lower stationary state. All hydrogen atoms exist in n = 1 (invisible). • Balmer series: When sunlight passes through the atmosphere, hydrogen atoms in water vapor absorb the wavelen ...
... • Lyman series: The atom will remain in the excited state for a short time before emitting a photon and returning to a lower stationary state. All hydrogen atoms exist in n = 1 (invisible). • Balmer series: When sunlight passes through the atmosphere, hydrogen atoms in water vapor absorb the wavelen ...
WAVE PARTICLE DUALITY, THE OBSERVER AND
... upper left hand corner of the diagram). An individual photon goes through one (or both) of the two slits. In the illustration, the photon paths are color-coded as red or light blue lines to indicate which slit the photon came through (red indicates slit A, light blue indicates slit B). After the sli ...
... upper left hand corner of the diagram). An individual photon goes through one (or both) of the two slits. In the illustration, the photon paths are color-coded as red or light blue lines to indicate which slit the photon came through (red indicates slit A, light blue indicates slit B). After the sli ...
Quantum Questions Inspire New Math
... number of lines — degree-one curves — is equal to 2,875. The number of degree-two curves was only computed around 1980 and turns out to be much larger: 609,250. But the number of curves of degree three required the help of string theorists. Around 1990, a group of string theorists asked geometers to ...
... number of lines — degree-one curves — is equal to 2,875. The number of degree-two curves was only computed around 1980 and turns out to be much larger: 609,250. But the number of curves of degree three required the help of string theorists. Around 1990, a group of string theorists asked geometers to ...
quantum mechanical model
... to higher energy levels. This is called the excited state. • When the electron returns to the ground state, it releases energy in the form of light. Emission Line Spectra ...
... to higher energy levels. This is called the excited state. • When the electron returns to the ground state, it releases energy in the form of light. Emission Line Spectra ...
Ch 16 – Quantam Physics
... According to classical electromagnetic theory, if a charged particle were accelerated around another charged particle then there would be a continuous radiation of energy. The loss of energy would slow down the speed of the electron and eventually the electron would fall into the nucleus. But such a ...
... According to classical electromagnetic theory, if a charged particle were accelerated around another charged particle then there would be a continuous radiation of energy. The loss of energy would slow down the speed of the electron and eventually the electron would fall into the nucleus. But such a ...
Atomic models: nuclear to quantum
... Newtonian physics just doesn’t cut it The behavior of our everyday world can be described by classical, Newtonian, physics. However, at the end of the 1800s it was clear that Newtonian physics didn’t accurately describe the behavior of light and matter at the atomic scale. For example: Why atoms do ...
... Newtonian physics just doesn’t cut it The behavior of our everyday world can be described by classical, Newtonian, physics. However, at the end of the 1800s it was clear that Newtonian physics didn’t accurately describe the behavior of light and matter at the atomic scale. For example: Why atoms do ...
Modelling in Physics and Physics Education
... The same distributions I=I(y) that are obtained at high intensity, may be obtained when we work with light beams with an intensity so low that the diffraction figure could be interpreted as the result of single photon impacts on the screen. The experiment was effectively proposed in an old film of P ...
... The same distributions I=I(y) that are obtained at high intensity, may be obtained when we work with light beams with an intensity so low that the diffraction figure could be interpreted as the result of single photon impacts on the screen. The experiment was effectively proposed in an old film of P ...
Colloquium on "Many Worlds Interpretation"
... interpretation of a universal quantum theory (with an exact Schrödinger equation) that is compatible with the way the world is perceived. However, because of quantum non-locality it requires an appropriate modification of the traditional epistemological postulate of psycho-physical parallelism. In t ...
... interpretation of a universal quantum theory (with an exact Schrödinger equation) that is compatible with the way the world is perceived. However, because of quantum non-locality it requires an appropriate modification of the traditional epistemological postulate of psycho-physical parallelism. In t ...
A paradox in quantum measurement theory - Philsci
... correct, quantum measurement theory is not merely dependant on the frame of collapse it is positively inconsistent, and experimental tests would have to be done to verify whether the apparent non-local effects predicted are real. If they are real, then quantum measurement theory would have to be mod ...
... correct, quantum measurement theory is not merely dependant on the frame of collapse it is positively inconsistent, and experimental tests would have to be done to verify whether the apparent non-local effects predicted are real. If they are real, then quantum measurement theory would have to be mod ...
Lecture 13: Heisenberg and Uncertainty
... lower energy (i.e., the amplitude is lower), but should have ...
... lower energy (i.e., the amplitude is lower), but should have ...
Bohr–Einstein debates
The Bohr–Einstein debates were a series of public disputes about quantum mechanics between Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr. Their debates are remembered because of their importance to the philosophy of science. An account of the debates was written by Bohr in an article titled ""Discussions with Einsteinon Epistemological Problems in Atomic Physics"". Despite their differences of opinion regarding quantum mechanics, Bohr and Einstein had a mutual admiration that was to last the rest of their lives.The debates represent one of the highest points of scientific research in the first half of the twentieth century because it called attention to an element of quantum theory, quantum non-locality, which is absolutely central to our modern understanding of the physical world. The consensus view of professional physicists has been that Bohr proved victorious, and definitively established the fundamental probabilistic character of quantum measurement.