ISSYP Virtual

December 11, 2008

38 talks C08028

Here is your opportunity to experience, online, select content from Perimeter Institute's highly successful two-week International Summer School for Young Physicists (ISSYP). While we could reach up to 100 "young physicists" per year with our onsite ISSYP camps, our Virtual ISSYP opens up this fantastic learning experience for all to enjoy. The Virtual ISSYP is intended for students, teachers and anyone interested in learning more about the wonders of modern physics and the excitement of research and discovery at the frontiers of knowledge.

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Quantum Mechanics 13 - Schrodinger Wave Equation

Richard Epp - University of Waterloo

August 16, 2008 PIRSA:08080088
Quantum Mechanics 12 - How Atoms Emit and Absorb Photons

Richard Epp - University of Waterloo

August 16, 2008 PIRSA:08080087
Quantum Mechanics 11 - De Broglie Waves Are Complex

Richard Epp - University of Waterloo

August 16, 2008 PIRSA:08080086
Quantum Mechanics 9 - Zero Point Energy

Richard Epp - University of Waterloo

August 13, 2008 PIRSA:08080084
Quantum Mechanics 10 - Stability of the Atom

Richard Epp - University of Waterloo

August 13, 2008 PIRSA:08080085
Special Relativity 11 - Simultaneity and Length Contraction

Richard Epp - University of Waterloo

August 13, 2008 PIRSA:08080070
Special Relativity 10 - Coordinate Axes and Length Contraction

Richard Epp - University of Waterloo

August 13, 2008 PIRSA:08080069
Quantum Mechanics 8 - What is a Photon?

Richard Epp - University of Waterloo

August 12, 2008 PIRSA:08080083
Quantum Mechanics 7 - The Quantum Harmonic Oscillator

Richard Epp - University of Waterloo

August 12, 2008 PIRSA:08080082
Special Relativity 8 - Applications of Minkowskian Geometry

Richard Epp - University of Waterloo

August 12, 2008 PIRSA:08080067
Special Relativity 7 - Minkowskian Geometry

Richard Epp - University of Waterloo

August 12, 2008 PIRSA:08080066
Special Relativity 9- Synchronization of Clocks

Richard Epp - University of Waterloo

August 12, 2008 PIRSA:08080068

Quantum Mechanics 13 - Schrodinger Wave Equation

Richard Epp - University of Waterloo

August 16, 2008 PIRSA:08080088

A “derivation” of the Schrodinger wave equation based on simple calculus. Learning Outcomes: • How to express the de Broglie wave of a free particle, i.e. a complex traveling wave, in terms of the particle’s energy and momentum, and how to differentiate this wave with respect to its space and time…
Quantum Mechanics 12 - How Atoms Emit and Absorb Photons

Richard Epp - University of Waterloo

August 16, 2008 PIRSA:08080087

Learning Outcomes: • How the complex standing wave states of an electron in a one-dimensional box are “stationary states” in that the electron probability pattern is static (not changing with time). • However, if the electron is put in a superposition of two such stationary states (with different…
Quantum Mechanics 11 - De Broglie Waves Are Complex

Richard Epp - University of Waterloo

August 16, 2008 PIRSA:08080086

The de Broglie waves we have been using thus far were assumed to be real functions; we discuss why this is wrong and how to fix the problem. Learning Outcomes: • Understanding why there is a serious flaw with using real de Broglie waves, and how using a complex wave (one with both a real and an…
Quantum Mechanics 9 - Zero Point Energy

Richard Epp - University of Waterloo

August 13, 2008 PIRSA:08080084

Understanding the zero point energy of the quantum harmonic oscillator as a consequence of the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle. Learning Outcomes: • Understanding why the minimum energy of a ball in a bowl must be greater than zero based on the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle. • How the Heisenberg…
Quantum Mechanics 10 - Stability of the Atom

Richard Epp - University of Waterloo

August 13, 2008 PIRSA:08080085

A discussion of how the zero point energy of atoms is what makes possible their existence in our universe – atoms are purely quantum mechanical objects. Learning Outcomes: • Continuation of QM-9: A calculus-based derivation of the zero point energy of the quantum harmonic oscillator. • How our…
Special Relativity 11 - Simultaneity and Length Contraction

Richard Epp - University of Waterloo

August 13, 2008 PIRSA:08080070

A continuation of the SR-10 discussion on length contraction. Resolving Principle 2*. Learning Outcomes: • Relativity of simultaneity revisited – gaining a deeper understanding of what it means. • A full understanding of the nature of length contraction based on relativity of simultaneity. •…
Special Relativity 10 - Coordinate Axes and Length Contraction

Richard Epp - University of Waterloo

August 13, 2008 PIRSA:08080069

A discussion of the space and time axes of a moving observer and an introduction to length contraction. Learning Outcomes: • Understanding why and by how much a moving observer’s position axis is “tilted in time.” • Understanding how a moving platform appears to a stationary observer. • Beginning to…
Quantum Mechanics 8 - What is a Photon?

Richard Epp - University of Waterloo

August 12, 2008 PIRSA:08080083

By applying our understanding of the quantum harmonic oscillator to the electromagnetic field we learn what a photon is, and are introduced to “quantum field theory” and the amazing “Casimir effect.” Learning Outcomes: • Understanding that classical electromagnetic waves bouncing around inside a…
Quantum Mechanics 7 - The Quantum Harmonic Oscillator

Richard Epp - University of Waterloo

August 12, 2008 PIRSA:08080082

Taking our intuitive understanding of the quantum world gained by studying a particle in a one-dimensional box, we generalize to understand a quantum harmonic oscillator. Learning Outcomes: • Introduction to the classical physics of a ball rolling back and forth in a bowl, a simple example of a very…
Special Relativity 8 - Applications of Minkowskian Geometry

Richard Epp - University of Waterloo

August 12, 2008 PIRSA:08080067

Learning to use Minkowskian geometry to understand, very simply, a variety of aspects of Einstein’s spacetime. Learning Outcomes: • How a straight line is the longest path between two points in spacetime. • How a light particle experiences space and time: its journey from one location in the…
Special Relativity 7 - Minkowskian Geometry

Richard Epp - University of Waterloo

August 12, 2008 PIRSA:08080066

Space obeys the rules of Euclidean geometry. Spacetime obeys the rules of a new kind of geometry called Minkowskian geometry. Learning Outcomes: • Triangles in spacetime obey a Pythagoras-like theorem, but with an unusual minus sign. • The true nature of time as geometrical distance in spacetime. •…
Special Relativity 9- Synchronization of Clocks

Richard Epp - University of Waterloo

August 12, 2008 PIRSA:08080068

A discussion of how to synchronize clocks that are separated in space, and how this leads to the relativity of simultaneity. Learning Outcomes: • Understanding that clock synchronization is a physical process, and exploring various methods of synchronization using spacetime diagrams. • How to…

Title	Speaker(s)	Date
Quantum Mechanics 13 - Schrodinger Wave Equation	Richard Epp	2008-08-16
Quantum Mechanics 12 - How Atoms Emit and Absorb Photons	Richard Epp	2008-08-16
Quantum Mechanics 11 - De Broglie Waves Are Complex	Richard Epp	2008-08-16
Quantum Mechanics 9 - Zero Point Energy	Richard Epp	2008-08-13
Quantum Mechanics 10 - Stability of the Atom	Richard Epp	2008-08-13
Special Relativity 11 - Simultaneity and Length Contraction	Richard Epp	2008-08-13
Special Relativity 10 - Coordinate Axes and Length Contraction	Richard Epp	2008-08-13
Quantum Mechanics 8 - What is a Photon?	Richard Epp	2008-08-12
Quantum Mechanics 7 - The Quantum Harmonic Oscillator	Richard Epp	2008-08-12
Special Relativity 8 - Applications of Minkowskian Geometry	Richard Epp	2008-08-12
Special Relativity 7 - Minkowskian Geometry	Richard Epp	2008-08-12
Special Relativity 9- Synchronization of Clocks	Richard Epp	2008-08-12

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