Quantum physics from waves: An analogy-based approach for high school

Autor: Marcelo Arlego, María de los Ángeles Fanaro, Lorenzo Galante
Jazyk: portugalština
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Revista Brasileira de Ensino de Física, Vol 43 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1806-9126
DOI: 10.1590/1806-9126-rbef-2021-0022
Popis: In this paper we present a proposal for teaching basic aspects of quantum mechanics in high school. Our proposal is based on a wave approach that makes use of the analogies between wave phenomena at macroscopic scales and phenomena at atomic or subatomic scales. Although the classical and the quantum model are completely different, there is a common underlying wave mathematical layer. This allows to address, via analogies, quantum aspects that are not accessible to direct experience. The quantization of energy levels, the quantum interference and the uncertainty relations are examples of quantum aspects having an analog concept in classical physics wave phenomena. In our approach we break the wave-particle “duality”, which is totally counterintuitive. Instead we enhance the underlying wave mathematical structure as a path to reach and explain emerging features of particles and quantum systems in general.
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