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Instructors: Ph.D. Harald Genz; Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr.h.c. Dieter Heinz Hermann Hoffmann; Prof. Dr. phil. Thomas Walther
Event type:
Orientation Course
Org-unit: Dept. 05 – Physics
Displayed in timetable as:
SatMorPhy
Subject:
Crediting for:
Language of instruction:
German
Min. | Max. participants:
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Course Contents:
Homepage: WWW.SATMORPHY.DE
The lecture sequence Saturday Morning Physics (SMP), which originated at
the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Battavia, Illinois, USA, is
offered at the Darmstadt University of Technology for high school students,
teachers and university students. Staff members of the Physics
Department and the GSI report on various subjects of modern physics that
is not yet content of the school books. This year the subjects are dealing
with aspects of quantum physics including topics like lasers, X rays, gamma
rays and cosmic rays, quantum computers, quantum cryptography, self organization
and quantum chaos, dark matter and the accelerators used for some of the
investigations. The individual events last
for three hours at seven consecutive saturdays with a lecture of one hour
followed by a discussion, a coffee break and a number of experiments partially
performed by SMP students, lab visits and other student activities. The
content of the lectures is summarized in the web. It is the aim of the
organizers to foster the public understanding of science und to encourage
the young generation to study natural science and especially physics. The
president of the University awards the SMP diplom after successful completion
of the course.
Preconditions:
limited number; admission only after application; admitted persons are
informed in due time
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