Whoa! It appears that I wasn't the only one who went on a vacation this past week! In any case, I am back, and we will update some latest development soon. The...
The big news from this past week is the report on 2 independent measurements of gamma rays from astronomical phenomena that strengthens Einstein's theory of...
I found this rather "interesting" paper on a survey that was done on incoming college students evaluating their understanding of this infamous law. Since there...
Hello, I was wondering if I could get an opinion about something... I am contemplating a (long) trip up to the University and borrowing the Quantum Physics...
Hi Bobby, Self instruction can work in principle. Much of it depends on your own personality and how much you pursue the subject in earnest. Even in the...
Hey Bobby, Well it certainly helps to have a teacher, provided it is a good teacher, but I believe that it is certainly possible for an interested person to...
Speaking of physics education ... I was wondering: for those of you who are in physics fields (Tom, Scott, zapper, others), at what point were you first...
I am currently taking an Intro to QM paper at uni and it's very much fun. I have a very good lecturer who is enthusiastic and approachable outside of class. I...
One good thing about being late at responding to something like this is that one can look at all the excellent responses already given and just say "ditto"! :)...
... QM ... I ... I was first introduced to SR during the 1st year of college in intro Physics, but this was very superficial. I got more of it in an intro to...
Goldbach conjecture theoretical proof: "Each even number greater than six,could be written as sum of two odd primitive numbers." This is empirically proven on...
... wrote: [deleted] Let me remind you once again of our guidelines for this group. While mathematics in general as pertains to physics is relevant, a ...
It took a while, but here's the answer to the last vexer.. ... in ... length ... I decided to be generous and give you full credit if you simply explained what...
When I first encountered this vexer, it was so annoying that I thought why wouldn't I share this misery with someone else? So all of you are the victims. As...
... Absolutely! (He also mentioned being an actor though ...) ... Hmmm ... perhaps ... ;) ... stuff, ... I'm thinking that the next chance I get, I'll mention...
... of ... I ... Not to be nit-picky, but I believe that this "collapse" of the wavefunction is a mathematical concept (artifact?). I also don't think we have...
... discovered ... see ... before ... Umm I think that might be too much for a 4th grader to comprehend, there are many BASIC interesting physics concepts you...
... quantization), ... I remember a loooong time ago (like maybe 5 years ago), you (Zz) and I had a discussion on one of the yahoo! physics clubs (before the ...
... quantization), ... I am familiar with the path integral approach from the Feynman and Hibbs 1965 text, which I have here on my shelf ... I do not have an ...
Hi David, I agree with Zz that the wave function collapse was not "discovered" as such. For example, as far as anyone can tell, it isn't a dynamic process...
To all, This post is about the paper that our little journal club is presently reading, "Visualizing the Phonon Wave Function", which I remind you is available...
... and ... stated ... just ... I swear, I do not remember that. [That's the one advantage of old age - I can claim senility] :) ... that ... a ... (using ... ...
... abstract things) about such ... about it ... could ... Stuff. ... What is it with you and Scott? You two can come up with brilliant catch-phrase on the fly...
With respect to the issue of wavefunctions, I do think it's legitimate and sometimes useful to call the state of even a quantum mechanical field a wavefunction...
This is a topic that, on alternate days, is either very dear to my heart or a source of interminable frustration. I certainly agree with video_ranger in...
... LOL. Very cool. I will try and use it as much as possible below :) Scott: As Zz points out below, the wave function "world view" is NOT the one most...
Zz, please let me know if this discussion is getting too long and we should take it off line. This is mainly a response to Tom's description of wave function ...
If given the energy of a photon, I am quite familiar with finding out which quantum level jump an electron under-went if the energy of the different energy...
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