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

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 t...

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Autores principales: Fanaro, Maria de Los Angeles, Otero, María Rita, Arlego, Marcelo José Fabián
Formato: Articulo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2012
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Educación
Física
Teaching
Basic quantum mechanics
Feynman’s method
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/95377
https://ri.conicet.gov.ar/11336/76541
https://aapt.scitation.org/doi/10.1119/1.3685112
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topic Educación
Física
Teaching
Basic quantum mechanics
Feynman’s method
spellingShingle Educación
Física
Teaching
Basic quantum mechanics
Feynman’s method
Fanaro, Maria de Los Angeles
Otero, María Rita
Arlego, Marcelo José Fabián
Teaching Basic Quantum Mechanics in Secondary School Using Concepts of Feynman's Path Integrals Method
topic_facet Educación
Física
Teaching
Basic quantum mechanics
Feynman’s method
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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author Fanaro, Maria de Los Angeles
Otero, María Rita
Arlego, Marcelo José Fabián
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Otero, María Rita
Arlego, Marcelo José Fabián
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title Teaching Basic Quantum Mechanics in Secondary School Using Concepts of Feynman's Path Integrals 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
publishDate 2012
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/95377
https://ri.conicet.gov.ar/11336/76541
https://aapt.scitation.org/doi/10.1119/1.3685112
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