Quantum Analogies on Campus

• Ngai Ling Ma ^[1]
  1. [1] Hong Kong Polytechnic University

     Hong Kong Polytechnic University

     RAE de Hong Kong (China)

     
• Localización: Journal of chemical education, ISSN 0021-9584, Vol. 73, Nº 11 (November), 1996, págs. 1016-1017
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Quantum theory are often viewed as mysterious by most students. To help them to build a stronger grasp with abstract concepts, some analogies are described in this paper. By using examples drawn from daily life of students, simple analogies are used to illustrate a few quantum concepts which include: wave function, quantum numbers, states, degeneracy of states, transitions, selection rules, probability and probability density, operators and wave-particle dualism.