05542nam 2200733Ia 450 991014134810332120210209220541.01-280-58880-21-118-17070-91-118-17068-71-118-17071-7(CKB)2670000000151179(EBL)818513(OCoLC)815954209(SSID)ssj0000611714(PQKBManifestationID)11391655(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000611714(PQKBWorkID)10666888(PQKB)10190440(MiAaPQ)EBC818513(CaSebORM)9781118170700(MiAaPQ)EBC4957580(Au-PeEL)EBL4957580(CaONFJC)MIL361863(OCoLC)779616860(PPN)170265986(EXLCZ)99267000000015117920110719d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrExploring quantum physics through hands-on projects[electronic resource] /David Prutchi and Shanni R. Prutchi1st editionHoboken, N.J. Wileyc20111 online resource (xxv, 261 p. )Description based upon print version of record.1-118-14066-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.EXPLORING QUANTUM PHYSICS THROUGH HANDS-ON PROJECTS; Introduction; Prologue; Important Disclaimer and Warnings; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; 1 LIGHT AS AWAVE; Newton's View: Light Consists of Particles; Young's Interference of Light; Automatic Scanning of Interference Patterns; The Final Nail in the Coffin for Newton's Theory of Light; Light as an Electromagnetic Wave; Polarization; Optics with 3-cm Wavelength "Light"; Real-World Behaviors; Double-Slit Interference with Microwaves; The Doppler Effect; Experiments and Questions; 2 LIGHT AS PARTICLESThe Seed of Quantum Physics: Planck's FormulaThe Photoelectric Effect; Can we Detect Individual Photons?; Low-Cost PMT Power Supplies; Listening to Individual Photons; Where does this Leave Us?; Experiments and Questions; 3 ATOMS AND RADIOACTIVITY; The Need for Vacuum; The Mechanical Vacuum Pump; The Vacuum Gauge; A Very-High-Voltage Power Supply; A Vacuum Tube Lego® Set; Phosphor Screens; The Electron Gun; The Discovery of the Electron; Cathode-Ray Tubes; Thomson's First 1897 Experiment-Negative Charge and Rays are Joined TogetherThomson's Second Experiment-Electrostatic Deflection of Cathode RaysThomson and the Modern CRT; Thomson's Third Experiment-Mass-to-Charge Ratio of the Electron; Measuring e/m with our CRT; A Magical Measurement of e/m; Thomson's "Plum Pudding" Model of the Atom; Geiger-Müller Counter; a, ß, and ?; The Nature of Beta Radiation; The Ionizing Power of Alpha; What are Alpha Particles?; Rutherford's Alpha-Scattering Experiment; Rutherford's Planetary Model of the Atom; Experiments and Questions; 4 THE PRINCIPLE OF QUANTUM PHYSICS; Emission Spectroscopy; Bohr's Spark of GeniusOrbitals and Not OrbitsQuantization-The Core of Quantum Physics; Experiments and Questions; 5 WAVE-PARTICLE DUALITY; Gamma-Ray Spectrum Analysis; What is the Nature of Light?; Two-Slit Interference with Single Photons; Imaging Single Photons; The Answer: Complementarity; Matter Waves; Matter Waves and the Bohr Atom; Experimental Confirmation of De Broglie's Matter Waves; Two-Slit Interference with Single Electrons; A Simple TEM; Blurring the Line Between Quantum and Classical; Particle-Wave Duality in the Macroscopic World; Experiments and Questions; 6 THE UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE; WavefunctionsThe Uncertainty PrincipleExperimental Demonstration of the Uncertainty Principle; Time-Energy Uncertainty; Fourier Analysis; Bye, Bye Clockwork Universe; Experiments and Questions; 7 SCHRÖDINGER (AND HIS ZOMBIE CAT); Real-World Particle in a Box; Quantum Tunneling; Quantum Tunneling Time; Many-Worlds Interpretation; Schrödinger's Cat in the Lab; Beam Splitters; Who Rolls the Dice?; The Mach-Zehnder Interferometer; "Which-Way" Experiments; The Quantum Eraser; Experiments and Questions; 8 ENTANGLEMENT; Bell's Inequalities; An Entangled-Photon Source; Detecting Entangled PhotonsHigh-Purity Single-Photon SourceBuild an intuitive understanding of the principles behind quantum mechanics through practical construction and replication of original experiments With easy-to-acquire, low-cost materials and basic knowledge of algebra and trigonometry, Exploring Quantum Physics through Hands-on Projects takes readers step by step through the process of re-creating scientific experiments that played an essential role in the creation and development of quantum mechanics. Presented in near chronological order-from discoveries of the early twentieth century to new material on entanglement-thQuantum theoryPopular worksQuantum theoryExperimentsScience projectsQuantum theoryQuantum theoryExperiments.Science projects.535.15SCI057000bisacshPrutchi David888769Prutchi Shanni R927312MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910141348103321Exploring quantum physics through hands-on projects2083517UNINA