As an example of my activity in this field, I show here the
abstract of a lecture given at NORDPLUS student workshop
in Oslo, October 1994
Ladislav Kocbach
I was asked to prepare a lecture which would discuss fundamental
problems of Quantum Mechanics, and combine it with my
work on the visualization of physical processes using computer and video.
I have chosen to present the so called Zeno Paradox of
Quantum Mechanics (
ref. 1. and
ref.2.), and confront it with the
Many world interpretation of Quantum Mechanics (
ref. 3.).
Further, these problems can be illustrated
through our
visualization of Fermi Golden Rule, running on
personal computers or workstations.
The programs are available in various forms (ref. 4.).
In the lecture I have given a short introduction
to the physics of the Itano et al. paper and also
discussed some topics from Time Dependent
Quantum Mechanics. The problems of repeated measurement
and the complexity explosion have also been discussed.
In the second half of the lecture I have shown a videorecording of
computer-based lecture,
prepared as a combination of prepared 'slides' and
runs with our Golden Rule Simulator.
The main point of the Golden Rule Simulator program is that
many of the aspects of Quantum Mechanics, which are
discussed with difficulties, can be visualized by
simple animations.
The "Many World Interpretation" is a special name, given to a much less
mystical formal theory, published by H. Everett III as
Relative state formulation of quantum mechanics. This can be found
in (ref. 3.) or in a much broader perspective in (
ref.5.)
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3. B.S. DeWitt and N. Graham, editors, The Many-Worlds Interpretation of
Quantum Mechanics (Princeton University Press, Princeton: 1973)
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Department of Physics
Allegaten 55, N-5007 Bergen, Norway
ladi@sparc-atom.fi.uib.no
Sat Mar 25 13:37:24 MET 1995