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PEOPLE REVIEW
Max Plank 1858-1947
Albert Einstein 1879-1955
Neils Bohr 1885-1962
Werner Heisenberg 1901-1976
Erwin Schrödinger 1887-1961
WHAT IS QUANTUM, AND IS IT AS BAD AS THE JAMES
BOND FILM?
A Quantum is defined
as the smallest bit of
anything
Quantum Mechanics=
Mechanics of the very
small
Not even science can
explain how terrible
Quantum of Solace
was
SOME SIMPLE QUANTUM MECHANICAL SYSTEMS
2 2 2 2 4
Special Relativity- E =p c +m c
Planck- E=hf
For a massless particle, E=pc
ʎf=c
Gives us: ʎ=h/p
Early 20s, deBroglie proposed that any
mass would correspond to a wavelength
1929, deBroglie Nobel Prize
1926, Erwin Schrödinger
creates equation that Güten
tag.
predicts this wave deBroglie ich heiße
predicted Ψ(x,y,z,t) Erwin
Could be used for any Schröding
er
particle
Fundamental equation of ALL
quantum mechanics
A CLOSER LOOK
iħ=( )(reduced Planck’s constant)
d/dt = Time derivative
Ψ(r,t) = Wave function
= Laplacian function
V(r,t)= Potential Energy
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