Lecture 21 - Tuesday, 26 March 2013

Chapter 13 - Sections 13.3 - 13.6

• The effect of observation
• Quantum nonlocality
• Quantum entanglement
• Toward a post-Newtonian worldview
• Spectroscopy
• Observing atomic spectra

Powerpoint Slides

Note: These slides do not include all material presented in class - additional material was presented on the blackboard.

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Supplementary Material

Today's demonstrations: (i) the spectrum of white light through a prism and absorption of some colours by coloured glass, (ii) line spectra of hydrogen, krypton, and neon viewed with the help of a CD.

Today's animations: None.

Additional links that may be of interest:

• Entanglement - explanations with optical experiments:
  http://www.didaktik.physik.uni-erlangen.de/quantumlab/english/entanglement/index.html

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