ESP Biography
GEORGE BURKHARD, ESP Teacher
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Major: applied physics College: stanford Year of Graduation: N/A |
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Brief Biographical Sketch:
Not Available. Past Classes(Look at the class archive for more.)Waves: from the familiar to the exotic in Splash! Fall 2009
We encounter waves all the time. From sounds to water waves in the bathtub, to electromagnetic waves and seismic waves (in California, at least), and even quantum mechanical waves that are responsible for, among other things, the structure of the atom. What makes a wave wave? What do these seemingly disparate systems have in common that allows waves to happen? We'll discuss some interesting wave phenomena and ask what the behavior of more familiar waves can tell us about how quantum mechanical waves behave. In particular this course will treat diffraction, interference, chromatic dispersion, wave packets, and phase velocity vs. group velocity.
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