Teaching Basic Quantum Mechanics in Secondary School Using Concepts of Feynman's Path Integrals Method

Autores
Fanaro, Maria de Los Angeles; Otero, María Rita; Arlego, Marcelo José Fabián
Año de publicación
2012
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This paper discusses the teaching of basic quantum mechanics in high school. Rather than following the usual formalism, our approach is based on Feynman’s path integral method. Our presentation makes use of simulation software and avoids sophisticated mathematical formalism. We start by discussing the experimental results that would be observed in an idealized double-slit experiment. With the assistance of software simulations, we focus on the changes observed as the objects’ masses are reduced from macroscopic to atomic values. After that we introduce the basis of quantum mechanics by means of the concepts of path integrals, which henceforth we will call “sum of all alternatives.” Finally, we show how the transition from classical to quantum behavior naturally emerges within the framework of “sum of all alternatives.”
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Basic quantum mechanics
Feynman’s method
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Teaching Basic Quantum Mechanics in Secondary School Using Concepts of Feynman's Path Integrals Method
title Teaching Basic Quantum Mechanics in Secondary School Using Concepts of Feynman's Path Integrals Method
spellingShingle Teaching Basic Quantum Mechanics in Secondary School Using Concepts of Feynman's Path Integrals Method
Fanaro, Maria de Los Angeles
Educación
Física
Teaching
Basic quantum mechanics
Feynman’s method
title_short Teaching Basic Quantum Mechanics in Secondary School Using Concepts of Feynman's Path Integrals Method
title_full Teaching Basic Quantum Mechanics in Secondary School Using Concepts of Feynman's Path Integrals Method
title_fullStr Teaching Basic Quantum Mechanics in Secondary School Using Concepts of Feynman's Path Integrals Method
title_full_unstemmed Teaching Basic Quantum Mechanics in Secondary School Using Concepts of Feynman's Path Integrals Method
title_sort Teaching Basic Quantum Mechanics in Secondary School Using Concepts of Feynman's Path Integrals Method
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Fanaro, Maria de Los Angeles
Otero, María Rita
Arlego, Marcelo José Fabián
author Fanaro, Maria de Los Angeles
author_facet Fanaro, Maria de Los Angeles
Otero, María Rita
Arlego, Marcelo José Fabián
author_role author
author2 Otero, María Rita
Arlego, Marcelo José Fabián
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Educación
Física
Teaching
Basic quantum mechanics
Feynman’s method
topic Educación
Física
Teaching
Basic quantum mechanics
Feynman’s method
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv This paper discusses the teaching of basic quantum mechanics in high school. Rather than following the usual formalism, our approach is based on Feynman’s path integral method. Our presentation makes use of simulation software and avoids sophisticated mathematical formalism. We start by discussing the experimental results that would be observed in an idealized double-slit experiment. With the assistance of software simulations, we focus on the changes observed as the objects’ masses are reduced from macroscopic to atomic values. After that we introduce the basis of quantum mechanics by means of the concepts of path integrals, which henceforth we will call “sum of all alternatives.” Finally, we show how the transition from classical to quantum behavior naturally emerges within the framework of “sum of all alternatives.”
Instituto de Física La Plata
description This paper discusses the teaching of basic quantum mechanics in high school. Rather than following the usual formalism, our approach is based on Feynman’s path integral method. Our presentation makes use of simulation software and avoids sophisticated mathematical formalism. We start by discussing the experimental results that would be observed in an idealized double-slit experiment. With the assistance of software simulations, we focus on the changes observed as the objects’ masses are reduced from macroscopic to atomic values. After that we introduce the basis of quantum mechanics by means of the concepts of path integrals, which henceforth we will call “sum of all alternatives.” Finally, we show how the transition from classical to quantum behavior naturally emerges within the framework of “sum of all alternatives.”
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