Lecture 11: Waves and Probabilities

MIT STS.042J / 8.225J Einstein, Oppenheimer, Feynman: Physics in the 20th Century, Fall 2020
Instructor: David Kaiser

Prof. Kaiser discusses Schrödinger and wave mechanics, Born's interpretation and the double-slit experiment, and slit detectors.

License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA

[wendyhunter]

Professor Kaiser, I am enjoying this series of lectures a great deal. I think this one is my favorite so far, if for no other reason than to see your excitement and enthusiasm for your subject. The strangeness of this aspect of nature makes me smile. Thank you for making a good deal accessible to a non-physicist like me.

[.-]

44:27 re the 2 slit... no one yet has added the slit wave distribution due to the slit material itself resonating, as the photon reference frame passes thru each slit isotropically...I say that the slits have a wave amplitude of their own that affects the photon distribution as it translates passed the slits, their is a pilot wave assosciated at the leading edge and passes through the slits prior to the photon, the slits own wave amplitude , causes an interference on the pilot wave, and the path of least resistance between the slits is where both the pilot wave and photon translate thru in a planck fraction of a second

[KipIngram]

38:23 - I just can't agree with the premise that the double slit experiment is the most beautiful experiment ever done. I think that title absolutely has to go to the experiments based on Bell's theorem.

[DDDelgado]

18:45 everyone note that the atom is neutral thus e squared.

[JustNow]

Particles that consist of several separated atoms, do they have a wavelength that correspond to the total mass? And if so how separate can the atoms then be ? Think Buckyballs.

[tytrdev]

I know this is juvenile, but I find it hilarious that Schrödinger was kind of a pimp and Heisenberg was out there crying with his allergy issues. Again I know it’s juvenile but the imagery for me is just honestly hilarious