Thursday, January 29, 2015

Schrödinger's Cat: Possible Experiment

So lately, I have been trying to think if ways to simplify my project so that everyone is able to understand what my project is about. Obviously since this is quantum physics, this idea of "simplification" will be very difficult to create. However, I have researched an experiment that may be able to show the idea of the uncertainty principle. This experiment was founded by a man by the name of Erwin Schrödinger.  This man had a brilliant way to express how a particle is in a form of all states until it is observed.  How did he do it? Well, his idea required a couple if items that included: a cat, a flask of poison, a radioactive source, an radioactivity detector, and a box. The way the experiment worked is that you would place the cat, flask, and radio active source in a sealed box with the detector on the side. Whenever a particle would decay (which occurs due to radioactivity), the dectector would respond by breaking the flask of poison, which in turn would kill the cat. The true reason for the experiment occurs outside the box, because you wouldn't know whether the cat was dead or alive until you opened the box. This is what the uncertainty principle is. The particle (the cat) is theoretically in all states (dead or alive) until it is observed by others. I feel that I could recreate this idea with the exception if a dead cat and radioactivity. I'm not sure what I will do yet but I have a couple of ideas. Until next blog, I will talk to you guys then.


Thursday, January 22, 2015

One in a million... Universes?

Have you ever thought that there had to be another world where your life was better, or you chose better decisions.  Well, this idea may no be as far fetched as you think.  The idea of multiple universes has been around for so many years, dating back to the birth of Christianity and the idea of heaven, the utopia land.  However, the idea focuses more on a world with different outcomes. If this sounds confusing, think about it this way. If someone asks you if you would like a cookie, there are many worlds created from your answer or reaction. There is a world where you said yes, as well as a world where you said no. There is also a world where you didn't say anything, and a world where you had a heart attack from excitement. This mass amount of worlds is credited as The Many Worlds Theorem.  This relates back to the idea of how atoms and particles are predetermined to move before we even move it.  With this in mind, the idea of predetermined worlds may be quite possible, but let's not get too Calvinist here, because you choose your actions and you created a world just based on your decision to read this blog so you should feel very special.


Friday, January 16, 2015

The Mysteries of the Universe: Black Holes

      Have you ever wondered what is in the inside of a black hole? This has been a hot topic in the Astronomy and Physics departments.  Some believe that an infinite mass lies within the center of the hole; however, what if a tunnel had actually lied within the center that leads to another point in the universe. Though this may sound completely unrealistic, does anything else within quantum physics seem truly realistic. There is more than meets the eye of black holes, so physicists have decided to go to the quantum level with their quarrels.
      There is some theories that believe a black hole creates a "bend or ripple in the space time fabric. Since the central mass is so large it cause to sides of this blanket to join together creating a hole. While this could be possible, it is unlikely that any object could enter the hole without being picked apart atom by atom.  This, however, leads physicists to look at the possibilities of tunnel through space in order to bypass great distances which could be the start of new age space travel.