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Good Evening to all of YOU!

The strange (and beautiful) world of Quantum Mechanics: 

The strange (and beautiful) world of Quantum Mechanics

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Outline 1. Wave or Particle? ..Two slit experiments 2. Uncertainty Principle 3. Standing Waves 4. Stationary States - Atomic Orbitals 5. Do we understand Quantum Mechanics? 6. The Path Integral – Random Walk 7. The Copenhagen Interpretation 8. The Schroedinger’s Cat 9. The EPR Paradox

Two Slit experiments: 

With particles (bullets) Two Slit experiments

With waves (water waves): 

With waves (water waves)

With electrons: 

With electrons

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http://www.hqrd.hitachi.co.jp/em/doubleslit.cfm 1/1000 mm

History: 

History

C60: 

Prof. A. Zeilinger http://www.quantum.univie.ac.at/zeilinger/ C60

Duality: 

Duality A young girl? Old woman?

De Broglie - Heisenberg: 

De Broglie - Heisenberg

Reflection: 

Reflection

Modes of a String - Standing waves: 

Modes of a String - Standing waves

Standing waves of a bridge: 

Standing waves of a bridge

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On a rectangular membrane

Box: 

Box

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From work of Eigler (IBM)

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From work of Eigler (IBM)

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From work of Eigler (IBM)

Box: 

Box

Atomic Orbitals: 

Atomic Orbitals

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Electron density goes into internuclear region! Constructive interference!

Do we understand Quantum Mechanics?: 

Do we understand Quantum Mechanics?

How does an electron move (propagate)?: 

How does an electron move (propagate)?

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Even more Complex setup Source of particles

Quantum mechanics and the drunken walker: 

Quantum mechanics and the drunken walker

Haddock in the Evening: 

Haddock in the Evening

REFERENCES: 

1. G. Gamov, Tompkins in Paperback, Canto Books. CUP, 1993 2. R.Gilmore, Alice in Quantum Land, Affiliated East West Press Ltd. 1994 3. Gribbin, Schrodinger’s Cat, Black Swan, London, 1984 4. Cropper, The Quantum Physicists, OUP, 1971 5. J. Gribbin, Schrodinger’s Kittens, Little, Brown & Co. London, 1995 6. G. Gamov and R. Stannard, The New World of Tompkins, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1999 7. R.P. Feynamn, QED, Princeton University Press, 1988 8. R.P. Feynman and A.R. Hibbs, Quantum Mechanics and Path Integrals, McGraw Hill, New York, 1965. REFERENCES

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I think it is safe to say that no one understands quantum mechanics. Richard Feynman The reason universities have students is so they can teach the professors, and Feynman was one of the best (students). John Wheeler

What do you think of Quantum Mechanics?: 

What do you think of Quantum Mechanics?