Vedanta and Science Colloquium
The institute organizes Vedanta and Science Colloquium every Thursday from
10am-1pm at its conference room. The topic for this fall is "Unlocking the
Mysteries of Quantum Mechanics."
May 31, 2012 - Unlocking the Mysteries of Quantum Mechanics - 1
The first the in the series of colloquium on unlocking the mysteries of quantum mechanics was held on May 31, 2012. The presentation focussed on the beginning of Planck's "quanta - how black body radiation gave birth to quantum mechanics. It raised various issues regarding the understanding of black body radiation and the equipartition theorem.
The first the in the series of colloquium on unlocking the mysteries of quantum mechanics was held on May 31, 2012. The presentation focussed on the beginning of Planck's "quanta - how black body radiation gave birth to quantum mechanics. It raised various issues regarding the understanding of black body radiation and the equipartition theorem.
June 7, 2012 - Unlocking the Mysteries of Quantum Mechanics - 2
The presentation brought forth further details of black body radiation and then entered into photoelectric effect - how the explorations into the nature of electromagnetic radiation shifted to atoms' structure. The spectral lines of hydrogen atom were discussed and we tried to explore how these lines made Bohr to present a completely different picture of atom. There was a lot of deep exploration on how much reality can we really know.
The presentation brought forth further details of black body radiation and then entered into photoelectric effect - how the explorations into the nature of electromagnetic radiation shifted to atoms' structure. The spectral lines of hydrogen atom were discussed and we tried to explore how these lines made Bohr to present a completely different picture of atom. There was a lot of deep exploration on how much reality can we really know.
June 14, 2012 - Unlocking the Mysteries of Quantum Mechanics - 3
Today's presentation raised serious questions about how Bohr and further physicists though proposing quantum phenomenon still derived most of their formalations using classical mechanics - using same old classical picture of electron revolving around the nuclues and thus equating electrostatic force and centrifugal force - question was raised since we now know that electron is not as such rotating, it only depicts electron's possibility of being in that location, what meaning and formulations we can derive from it - No rotation so no centrifugal force!
Today's presentation raised serious questions about how Bohr and further physicists though proposing quantum phenomenon still derived most of their formalations using classical mechanics - using same old classical picture of electron revolving around the nuclues and thus equating electrostatic force and centrifugal force - question was raised since we now know that electron is not as such rotating, it only depicts electron's possibility of being in that location, what meaning and formulations we can derive from it - No rotation so no centrifugal force!
June 28, 2012 - Unlocking the Mysteries of Quantum Mechanics - 4
The colloquium today focussed on how Bohr's formulations - how Bohr gave his atomic model. It unfolded the various calculations, and postulates Bohr made to come up with the atomic model which finally also explained spectral lines.
The colloquium today focussed on how Bohr's formulations - how Bohr gave his atomic model. It unfolded the various calculations, and postulates Bohr made to come up with the atomic model which finally also explained spectral lines.
July 5, 2012 - Unlocking the Mysteries of Quantum Mechanics - 5
The colloquium today moved further from Bohr atom - it included discussion on Sommerfeld elliptical model propostion, the difficulties in it and how de Broglie was inspired to propose that there is a wave 'associated' with matter. The matter wave he proposed and its localized aspect was discussed.
The colloquium today moved further from Bohr atom - it included discussion on Sommerfeld elliptical model propostion, the difficulties in it and how de Broglie was inspired to propose that there is a wave 'associated' with matter. The matter wave he proposed and its localized aspect was discussed.