PHYSICS 1X00 Chapter 6.1: Chapter 6.1 Notes - Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
25 Apr 2018
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Quantum theory is the most successful set of ideas ever devised by human beings. The development of modern physics (especially quantum theory) came from three major contributors: Dirac, heisenberg, schr dinger, born, pauli, and de broglie. Others included (an can be seen on the picture of the solvay conference, 1927): The quantum revolution began during what were thought to be simple experiments with blackbody radiation. At 20oc, we don"t see this radiation because our eye detectors cannot detect it. This radiation is mostly in the radio and infrared spectra. When an object is heated, the radiation that it emits increases in frequency. If it is heated enough, it will begin to emit visible light. If we heat metal, it will begin to glow red (visible light). If we continue to heat it, it will eventually emit all colours (white light). The results of this can be shown on a graph of intensity vs. wavelength for different temperatures:
