KESPhysics

The twitter feed of the Physics Department of King Edward VI School, Southampton

[KESPhysics @KESPhysics1905]

Incoming L6th we’ll be learning about this in the second half of this year.

[Physics In History @PhysInHistory]

Happy Birthday to one of the pioneers of Quantum Mechanics, Louis de Broglie, born 130 yrs ago today.
L. de Broglie, in his 1924 PhD thesis, postulated the wave nature of electrons and suggested that all matter has wave properties. He predicted that the wavelength of any particle is inversely proportional to its momentum, and that the frequency of any particle is proportional to its energy. This is known as the de Broglie relation, and it can be written as:

λ = h/(mv)

De Broglie’s hypothesis was confirmed experimentally by the observation of electron diffraction by crystals in 1927. This showed that electrons, which are usually considered as particles, can also behave like waves under certain conditions. De Broglie’s idea of wave-particle duality was a fundamental concept in the development of quantum mechanics, and it influenced the work of Erwin Schrödinger, Werner Heisenberg, and others. He also developed a pilot-wave theory, which proposed that particles are guided by a deterministic wave field that determines their trajectories. This theory was later revived and modified by David Bohm, and it offered an alternative interpretation of quantum phenomena.

He received the 1929 Nobel Prize in Physics and was also a member of the French Academy of Sciences and the French Academy of Letters. De Broglie was interested in the philosophical implications of quantum theory, and he advocated for a synthesis of science and humanism.

[KESPhysics @KESPhysics1905]

How Physics powers climbing by Ollie Ginns.

https://t.co/zLBUpoCHA4

[KESPhysics @KESPhysics1905]

Congratulations to all competitors this year, and to our very own Ollie Ginns for his highly commended one minute video on the How Physics Powers Climbing! https://t.co/zLBUpoCHA4

[Institute of Physics @PhysicsNews]

📢 Winner announcement! 📢
Huge congratulations to Anika from Avanti Fields School for winning The Eurekas 2023! Anika blew the judges away with her entry ‘Newton’s Formula 1’– a board game that showcases the laws of physics on a racetrack 🤯: https://t.co/tkCyDzmYp4

[KESPhysics @KESPhysics1905]

IOP’s Bin the Boffin campaign lights up media London | Institute of Physics https://t.co/dsAc8fUw9j

[KESPhysics @KESPhysics1905]

Scientists pick up shock waves from colliding galaxies https://t.co/4M0UwHkSGP

[KESPhysics @KESPhysics1905]

Fascinating!

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Does a USB drive get heavier as you store more files on it? Nope. Paradoxically, the more you save on a flash drive, the lighter it gets

[read more: https://t.co/I8XR3thROy]

[Institute of Physics @PhysicsNews]

Happy #WorldPhysicsDay! From developing new technologies to advancing our understanding of the universe, #physics plays a vital role in shaping our world. Have a look at the impact and value physics has to the economy, and our aspirations: https://t.co/eVSq7cZ8ds

[KESPhysics @KESPhysics1905]

A fascinating story of an exceptional Physicist.

[Physics In History @PhysInHistory]

Lise Meitner and her incredible role in the discovery of nuclear fission! ⚛️

A thread 👇

[KESPhysics @KESPhysics1905]

This is exciting! https://t.co/eXpBL2GQ4F

[Physics In History @PhysInHistory]

Physics Photo Of the Day:

Lise Meitner and collaborator Otto Hahn working in the lab at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin, Germany, 1913.

Meitner contributed to the discoveries of the elemental isotope protactinium-231 and had significant contributions to nuclear fission.

[KESPhysics @KESPhysics1905]

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[Physics In History @PhysInHistory]

Happy 571st Birthday to Leonardo da Vinci!

Besides being one of the greatest painters of all times, He was also a physicist, engineer and architect who designed buildings, bridges, canals, forts and war machines.

[Physics World @PhysicsWorld]

As part of #WorldQuantumDay, we hear from quantum physicist @LeniBascones about her work on quantum materials, how she got into research and why quantum physics needs more women. https://t.co/aW1t5pBmHY

[KESPhysics @KESPhysics1905]

Who knew? Happy world quantum day to L6th KES Physicists especially working on chapter 7!

[Physics World @PhysicsWorld]

Celebrate World Quantum Day with one of its founders and the director of Fermilab's quantum technology centre #WorldQuantumDay https://t.co/nGErqYzrA2

[KESPhysics @KESPhysics1905]

Fascinating new version of this seminal experiment from Chapter 6 ⁦⁦@KESSouthampton⁩!
Physicists demonstrate Young's double-slit interference in time – Physics World https://t.co/Hf7PJBowGd

[KESPhysics @KESPhysics1905]

Another quanta of progress here, well done ⁦@NASA⁩ 👍🏻 https://t.co/StygQIZtRG

[KESPhysics @KESPhysics1905]

This looks fascinating, think Chapter 18 Particle Physics U6th.

[CERN @CERN]

Longer days, shorter weeks⏰

The BETA experiment at #CERN used one of the world's most precise clocks to measure how long a second lasts in caesium and anticaesium.

The new definition of a second means the day should, in reality, last 24h, 56min and 24s: https://t.co/gFhOWXfVz7

[Rob Simm @rssimm]

@FryRsquared - inspired by your article “in short: it’s death by a thousand cuts…” I thought it would be useful to give my department a reciprocal mantra… Thanks. @KESPhysics1905 #Limitless

[KESPhysics @KESPhysics1905]

Head’s up https://t.co/s1Mv1wDdIs

[KESPhysics @KESPhysics1905]

Yesterday’s lesson U6th!

[Frank Close @closefrank]

#Wboson mass bang on the standard model. 80.360/pm0.016GeV versus SM expectation 80.354/pm0.007GeV
Caution: this is Rencontre de Moriond not final publication

[Frank Close @closefrank]

#Wboson mass bang on the standard model. 80.360/pm0.016GeV versus SM expectation 80.354/pm0.007GeV
Caution: this is Rencontre de Moriond not final publication