The Wave Function - Macquarie University

Lecture Notes on Special Relativity - Macquarie University

Chapter 1 Introduction: What is Relativity? U the end of the 19th century it was believed that Newton’s three Laws of Motion and the associated ideas about the properties of space and time provided a basis on which the motion of matter could be completely understood.

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THE SPECIAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY - Macquarie University

THE SPECIAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY Lecture Notes prepared by J D Cresser Department of Physics Macquarie University July 31, 2003

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Time Evolution in Quantum Mechanics - Macquarie University

Chapter 15 Time Evolution in Quantum Mechanics Physical systems are, in general, dynamical, i.e. they evolve in time.The dynamics of classical mechanical systems are described by Newton’s laws of motion, while the dynamics of the

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Particle Spin and the Stern-Gerlach Experiment

Chapter 6 Particle Spin and the Stern-Gerlach Experiment The spin of an elementary particle would appear, on the surface, to be little different from the spin of a macroscopic object – the image of a microscopic sphere spinning around some axis

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Chapter 6 P article Spin and the Ster n-Gerlach Experiment

Chapter 6 P article Spin and the Ster n-Gerlach Experiment 50 where m e and # e are the mass and char ge of the electron, S is the spin angular momentum of the electron, and g is the so-called gyromagnetic ratio, whic h classically is exactly equal

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Observables and Measurements in Quantum Mechanics

haustive collection of results obtained when measuring some physical property, or observable, of the system. This linking of particular states with particular measured results provides a way that the observable properties of a quantum system can be described in quantum mechanics, that is in terms of Hermitean operators.

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Quantum Physics Notes - Macquarie University

ing of the quantum information aspects of quantum mechanics, and which may perhaps one day finally lead us to a full understanding of quantum mechanics itself. The Language of Quantum Mechanics As mentioned above, quantum mechanics provides a framework into which all physical theories must fit.

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Some Useful Properties of Complex Numbers

Real and imaginary parts The real and imaginary parts of the complex number z= x+ iyare given by Real part Rez= x Imaginary part Imz= y: (1) with Re(az 1 +bz 2) = aRe(z 1)+bRe(z 2) and Im(az 1 +bz 2) = aIm(z 1)+bIm(z 2) (2) where aand bare both real numbers. Complex conjugate The complex conjugate of a complex number z, written

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Probability, Expectation Value and Uncertainty

The uncertainty of the observable A is a measure of the spread of results around the mean #Aˆ!. It It is defined in the usual way, that is the difference between each …

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PHYS201 - Wave Mechanics - Macquarie University

PHYS201 Wave Mechanics Semester 1 2009 J D Cresser [email protected].au Rm C5C357 Ext 8913 Semester 1 2009 PHYS201 Wave Mechanics 1 / 86

CHAPTER 10 AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY

consistent with Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle. The kinetic energies of the Auger electrons are characteristic of each emitting atom. Thus, the measurement of the kinetic energies of Auger electrons can be used to identify the elements present on the surface of the sample. Because the kinetic energies of Auger electrons depend on the

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Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION TO NMR SPECTROSCOPY

1This is one form of Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle: ∆E t ≥ ¯h/ 2. 4 Introduction to NMR Spectroscopy Table 1.2. Properties of NMR Active Nuclei. Nuclei1 γ(rad·sec−1 · gauss−1) ...

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QUANTUM FIELD THEORY – 230A - University of California ...

Heisenberg uncertainty relations, ∆x∆p ∼ ¯h There is also an energy-time uncertainty relation ∆E∆t∼ ¯h, but its interpretation is quite different from the relation ∆x∆p ∼ ¯h, because in ordinary quantum mechanics, time is viewed as a parameter and not as an observable. Instead the energy-time uncertainty

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DESTRUCTION AND CREATION - Goal Sys

have uncertainty and disorder in place of meaning and order. Further, we can see that such an unstruc-turing or destruction of many domains—to break the correspondence of each with its re-spective constituents—is related to deduction, analysis, and differentiation. We call this kind of unstructuring a destructive deduction.

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Lecture-XXIV Quantum Mechanics Expectation values and ...

(c) Verify uncertainty relation. (a) The peak in P(x) occurs when dP (x)/dx = 0 that is, when ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) 1 0 Gamma functions: for 0, 1 ; 1 1 ! for is poistive integer. 1 1 and 2 …

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