This talk is dedicated to the birth of quantum mechanics, almost a century ago, the most important scientific discovery of the 20th century. We discuss the main ideas of this quantum revolution at the level of beginners/pedestrians. A new historical interpretation of the time-table will be given and some recent results/treatments will be pointed out. For the general audience, basic knowledge of physics could be useful.
Professional Development Seminar
Wednesday, November 20
3:00 pm MST/AZ
WXLR A308
Have you always wondered what quantum is about?
Please attend this talk to learn more about this field.
(The publications below are in case you want to follow up. You don't need to read them to attend.)
On the 100th anniversary of the birth of quantum mechanics:
https://iaps.info/2024/06/08/the-united-nations-proclaims-2025-as-the-international-year-of-quantum-science-and-technology/
Related publications:
K.Barley, J. Vega-Guzman, A Ruffing, and S.K.Suslov, Discovery of the relativistic Schrödinger equation, Physics-Uspekhi 65(1) 90-103 (2022). From the history of physics. (This article has been selected by The Institute of Physics=IOP as one(#3) of the top 5 articles in a January 2023 collection entitled "Dive deeper into mathematics and computational research". Currently 5365 total downloads and 10 citations.)
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3367/UFNe.2021.06.039000
S. K. Suslov, The “Sommerfeld Puzzle” and Its Extensions, in A. Dodonov and C. C. H. Ribeiro (Eds.), Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Quantum Nonstationary Systems, pp. 43–59 (LF Editorial, S˜ao Paulo, 2024). ISBN: 978-65-5563-446-4.
https://lfeditorial.com.br/produto/proceedings-of-the-second-international-workshop-on-quantum-nonstationary-systems/
B. Goren, K. K. Barley and S. K. Suslov, Matrix Approach to Helicity States of Dirac Free Particles, in A. Dodonov and C. C. H. Ribeiro (Eds.), Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Quantum Nonstationary Systems, pp. 327–378 (LF Editorial, S˜ao Paulo, 2024). ISBN: 978-65-5563-446-4.
https://lfeditorial.com.br/produto/proceedings-of-the-second-international-workshop-on-quantum-nonstationary-systems/
S.K. Suslov, On a Seldom Oversight in Fermi's Calculations: Seventy Years Later, 13 LaTeX pages, arXiv:2309.16676 History and Philosophy of Physics.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.16676
S. I. Kryuchkov, S. K. Suslov and J. M. Vega-Guzman, The minimum-uncertainty squeezed states for atoms and photons in a cavity, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 46 (2013)#10, 104007 (15 pages). (IOP=Institute Of Physics SELECT and HIGHLIGHT for 2013).
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0953-4075/46/10/104007
S. I. Kryuchkov, N. A. Lanfear, and S.K. Suslov, The role of the Pauli-Lubanski vector for the Dirac, Weyl, Proca, Maxwell, and Fierz-Pauli equations, Physica Scripta, 91 (2016)#3, 035301.
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0031-8949/91/3/035301
Sergei Suslov
Professor
School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
Arizona State University