matter in motion - smu
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MATTER IN MOTION
Prof. Stephen Sekula(3/2/2010)
Supplementary Material for PHY 3305 (Modern Physics)
Harris, Ch. 5.8, 6.1-6.3
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table of contents
● Review of last class● Barriers
● Scanning Tunneling Electron Microscope● Alpha (Nuclear) Decay● The Tunnel Diode● The Josephson Junction (SQUIDS)
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Review
● We attacked more realistic problems● the finite square well
● the harmonic oscillator
● We learned that particles in bound states can have non-zero lowest-allowed energies● zero temperature does NOT mean zero energy
● heat capacities cannot be fully explained by classical theories involving continuous energies
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Scanning tunneling microscope schematic
tip-sample separation: ~4-7 Angstroms
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Close-up of a simple scanning-tunneling microscope head using a platinum-iridium stylus
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Alpha Decay
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Nuclear Potential
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The Tunnel Diode
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Tunnel diode
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Roadmap
● One-particle Questions● high speed or very small (but not both)
● we've been doing this
● Statistical Mechanics● or, “what happens when a bunch of particles do stuff”
● Solid-state physics● quantum mechanics and the structure of atomic matter
● Nuclear physics● quantum mechanics and the structure of the atomic nucleus
● Particle physics● quantum mechanics, relativity, and the fundamental structure of the universe
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Next time
● The discovery of spin● A very special Spring Break edition of “the homework”
● The presentation!● guidelines and target dates
● Remember: homework set #5 due!● Reading: Harris Ch. 8.1-8.4