Experiment Definition and 1000 Threads

  1. Saba_467

    Chemistry projects that I can create at home

    There is no laboratory in my school ,looking for best chemistry project ideas for the 12th class students at minimal cost and that can be prepared at home . need suggestions on this,response would be appreciated
  2. SherLOCKed

    I Will the upcoming experiment PICO measure kSZ temperature anisotropy?

    I know for sure PICO will be measuring polarization anisotropies with high fidelity. In addition, the PICO science paper shows that it will make full-sky Compton-y maps but the plots are mostly limited to l=1000. Will PICO be able to measure kSZ temperature anisotropy at l=3000?
  3. M

    Construction How do you build a self-submersible boat?

    So I've been thinking for a long time now about making a self-submersible boat out of a plastic bottle without electronics. It should resurface by itself after a few minutes. I was thinking that it might increase its volume. By slowly dropping weights down the bottle and opening flaps on the...
  4. G

    A A double slit thought experiment leading to a paradox

    Consider a Double Slits experiment in which the light source is monochromatic and each slit very narrow. There will be many fringes visible on either side of the axis. 1) If the light source is pulsed with very short, randomly spaced, pulses it will produce spectrally broadened radiation and...
  5. P

    B Does this thought experiment show that Space must be curved?

    I'm hoping this is basic and obvious, but assume it's not to the general public. Ignore quantum mechanics and diffraction and assume a gun that can fire photons that each hit the center of a remote target. Place one of these and a conventional gun that shoots bullets at 1000 m/sec inside of a...
  6. olgerm

    I Gravitomagnetic Experiment: Possibility & Calculations

    [Mentor Note -- LaTeX edited for readability] I was thinking about an experiment to demonstrate gravitomagnetic effect. I did my calculations using gravitomagnetic model. It is not as accurate as general relativity, but GR should give similar predictions. I do not know if it would be possible...
  7. Terrycho

    Why is the first peak in the Franck-Hertz experiment longer than the others?

    In the experiment, I know that the spacing between successive valleys gives the excitation energy to be somewhere around 4.9eV. However, when you look at the plot, you can see that the spacing from zero to the first peak is much longer than any other spacings between two successive peaks. I was...
  8. Christian Thom

    A Another thought experiment about spin 1/2

    Let's take a beam of spin 1/2 particles prepared in the state |up> in the Z direction, let's pass it through a Stern& Gerlach apparatus in the X direction to get two beams of spin |right> and spin |left>, and then redirect these two beams directly in another inverted S&G to reunite them in one...
  9. dom_quixote

    I Uncertainty in an experiment with an image viewed through a big slit

    This is a simple experiment that demonstrates how it is possible to draw conclusions similar to those of quantum physics, without having to "invade" the microscopic world. A student is led into a windowless room, which has only a slit in the ceiling. The light that passes through the slit is...
  10. Bernadette

    B A variation on the Fresnel Spot experiment

    Hello Fresnel discovered that the shadow of a small disc had a bright point in its center. Experiment that he carried out by letting sunlight pass through a small hole (quasi-point source). If, instead of looking at the shadow of the disk, we look (*) in the direction of the light source...
  11. Bernadette

    B Exploring Entropy with Svante Arrhenius' Salt Water Experiment

    Hello Sorry for my English... We approach slowly (in a quasi-reversible way) an electrical charge of a glass of salt water. Some ions arrange themselves in the glass. What can we say about entropy of this transformation? Bernadette PS: My reflection comes from reading an old physics book...
  12. Arman777

    A How to express the agreement between experiment and theoretical observations?

    Let us suppose I have a value measured from experiment and given by $$V_{\text{exp}} \pm \sigma_{V_{\text{exp}}}$$ and a theoretical value given as $$V_{\text{the}} \pm \sigma_{V_{\text{the}}}$$ Is there a statistical way to measure how well ##V_{\text{the}}## matches with the...
  13. S

    I Magnet through Pipe Experiment, continued

    The changing magnetic field of a falling magnet induces currents in the pipe that slows it's fall through the pipe. Question: If the induced currents are decreasing the magnets descent then they must themselves have momentum. How is it dissipated once the magnet has passed through the end of...
  14. MathematicalPhysicist

    B What sort of an experiment can refute QM or QFTs?

    I assume most people when they refer to Quantum Theory, they sort of referring to QFT. So my question boils down to, what sort of an experiment could potentially refute QFTs (its plural because there are QF theories)?
  15. MatinSAR

    Experiment with an Electroscope, a Charged Rod and my hand

    I know that if we bring a positively charged rod closer to the electroscope, charges of electroscope are separated and the leaves of the electroscope get away from each other. but what happens if we touch the positively charged rod with our hands and then move the hand and rod away?
  16. A

    A Double-Slit Experiment: Momentum & Position

    In the double-slit experiment with two open slits, is there a fixed relationship between the momentum (p) of the particle immediately after passing through the slit and the position (q) of the impact on the screen?
  17. H

    A What is the Bell-like Inequality in Classical Physics?

    Hi Pfs I read in the GHZ experiment article that classical physics give an inéquality (a Bell like inequality) Is there also sets of directions where this inequality is maximally violated ? thanks
  18. D

    B Proposed Experiment - Speed of Light

    One of the reasons to suggest that light might be bent by gravity is the assumption that light is behaving as the other objects that bend their trajectories by gravity. On a similar ground, we could suggest that as the objects are experiencing Gravity Assist, then the light could be also...
  19. H

    A Double double slit experiment and path information

    Hi Pfq My question is about this experiment: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-68181-1 (the link was given by DrChinese. If all the impacts are conserved no interference can be seen on the screens. but if we only take the impacts (Y, yi) where Y is always at the same position on the...
  20. L

    I Is the Fizeau-Type Experiment Valid for Measuring the One-Way Speed of Light?

    Can't see how in this experiment they claim to be able to measure the one-way speed of light: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/50908639_To_Re-Consider_the_One-Way_Speed_of_Light_UsingFizeau-Type-Coupled-Slotted-Disks Can you help me to debunk it? -- lightarrow
  21. dom_quixote

    I Atomic Clock Exp on Ballistic Flight: Proving Clocks are Accelerometers

    In the past, scientists have experimented with atomic clocks aboard airplanes in order to prove the Special Theory of Relativity. In our humble opinion, ALL watches are accelerometers. Effect observed in a chaotic pendulum in free fall: Too bad they didn't do the same experiment with an...
  22. T

    Venturi Effect based thought experiment

    The drawing above is regarding a thought experiment of mine. Air at ambient pressure is being blown through a convergent-divergent nozzle and in the throat section, a water filled enclosed container is attached through a tube. The water container has sufficient surface area for supplying...
  23. diogomcs

    I need an experiment about surface tension

    Summary:: Surface tension experiment Does anyone have an idea about a SURFACE TENSION experiment to present as university class work? An experiment that is not too "simple" and repetitive (like things floating under water), and that is well designed.
  24. Lynch101

    I Quantum Ball and Cup - Thought Experiment

    I'm sure most will be familiar with the well-known ball and cup trick. The dynamics of the game itself are unimportant, we just need to have the image of 5 cups with a single ball being revealed when the relevant cup is lifted. The Set-up Imagine a machine which has a conveyor belt coming out...
  25. H

    A Probabilities of couples of impacts - Bob and Alice and Young experiment

    Let O be where pairs of EPR particles are emitted to Alice on the righr and Bob on the left. the pairs have a constant total energy, a null total momentun and a null total angular momentum. Alice at a distance D on the right of O have a Young double slits device with a screen at D+ L . Bob has...
  26. A

    I The probability density function for the double-slit experiment

    I am desperate. I've scoured the web for the formula for the probability density function for the interference pattern obtained in the double slit experiment with both slits open. So I want to know the probability density function and not the intensity function. I prefer not to have references...
  27. hyksos

    A Call for experiment : Delayed Choice and Quantum Zeno Effect

    Under several historical experiments, measurement back-action has exhibited the ability the suppress a system's transitions to other states, especially when measurements are taken at a high frequency in time. This phenomena has become known as the Quantum Zeno Effect. In short, a quantum...
  28. H

    I Young's Double Slit Experiment: Is it Possible?

    I think that it is harder to describe the two slits Young experiment in terms of hamiltonian because the particle has a constraint: to pass through the slits. is it possible? thanks.
  29. M

    B Measuring Light Velocity Correctly: Thought Experiment

    Let there be a track 450,000 km long and a rocket 300,000 km long with a laser attached to the bottom of it's back end with a clock beside it, and a second synchronized clock attached to bottom of its front end. Both clocks were also synchronized with a track clock while the rocket was parked...
  30. L1ght

    I Question about the Which Way experiment & the detectors used

    Hello, I have a question about the Which Way / Quantum Eraser Experiment. I have tried my best to research online before coming to this forum to ask questions, so I apologize in advance if this question is novice but I have researched. I have been looking for a YouTube "video" of a real world...
  31. K

    I Help Designing a Resonance Box for Tuning Forks

    I got these tuning forks from someone. However, I do not have the resonant box for amplification of the sound. I decided to get it made so that I can experience the fundamental frequency (and other harmonics) more clearly. I am planning to provide this design. In summary, the box would be...
  32. M

    I Measurement problem in simple experiment

    I’m trying to understand the measurement problem using the simplest experiment I can think of--passing a particle P through a 50/50 beam splitter S, sending it down “path A” or “path B” with equal probability. Each path has a detector that can tell us if P was in that path. The detectors...
  33. J

    B Thought experiment (debate with friend)

    Thought experiment. Let's suppose I lay bricks around the entire Earth going up 50 miles in height. I am assuming this way there's going to be more bricks at the top than at the bottom right? Well... What If I was to get a football/soccer pitch (100meters in length and concreted with spirit...
  34. Spathi

    I A thought experiment concerning determinism in quantum mechanics

    According to the uncertainty principle, when we measure a micro-object with a measuring device, we cannot predict what value the device will show. But if we knew exactly the wave function of this device, together with the wave function of the micro-object, could we exactly predict the result of...
  35. mishima

    Finding Piezoelectric Crystal Frequency for Coherer experiment?

    Hi there, I've been fascinated by using simple coherers to pick up the electromagnetic signal from a spark (in imitation of early radio experiments, for high school education). I am using a push button ignitor (piezoelectric crystal) attached to a simple dipole antenna for the transmitter. When...
  36. burakyildiz

    Projectile Motion Experiment: Results Too High?

    Hello everyone, I have a homework about projectile motion experiment and I threw small ball over the table and ball did projectile motion at the end of the table and ı recording this motion on motion tracker and motion tracker gave me acceleration of y component of ball as 14.02 m/s^2. But it...
  37. speedythespeed

    B Oberth effect on a slope - experiment idea

    I'm just curious if something like the Oberth effect on a slope is doable as an experiment. I have a picture of my idea of what to do just looking for some opinions.
  38. K

    I Determinism in a reversible polarizer experiment

    If light at a known polarization goes through a beam splitting polarizer that changes the light's polarization and then goes through the reverse orientation of that polarizer it will exit with the same polarization that it entered with. See the following picture: If the polarization state...
  39. Matt711

    B Q - Double slit experiment, delayed slit selection observation

    Do I see an interference pattern on a interference screen in Double slit experiment if there is a detector watching which slit photon went trough but the observer does not see the result of detector measurement? Thanks :]
  40. FMJalink

    I Proof of Special Relativity w/ Michelson–Morley Experiment

    Dear readers, Maybe someone can enlighten me on the understanding of the proof given by the Michelson–Morley experiment on the special relativity. Just as introduction to detail the setting: There are 2 coordinate systems A and B. A stands still and B moves with the velocity v along one of...
  41. L

    I Significance of double slit experiment?

    What is the significance of the double slit experiment? When I first learned about it I thought the human observer decided the outcome. But I guess a human observer isn't even needed and therefore a conscious mind is just as irrelevant. What does it prove that an outcome is neither one thing or...
  42. billyt_

    Misc. In desperate need for a DIY experiment that I can do at home

    I am doing a project for Physics at the moment, and I am really struggling to come up with ideas. By that I mean, I have plenty of ideas but none of them are really feasible for what I am doing, i.e., impractical to do at home (too much work in doing the actual experiment), or that the actual...
  43. S

    I Does the double slit experiment show waves collapse when observed?

    Do wavefunctions collapse when looked at? Or does observe mean something else? https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05892-6 This article is where my information is from, physicists talking about how our mind causes the collapse.
  44. I

    Lab Experiment - Puck Impact on Wall, Analyzing Force

    Please see attached image. This was a lab performed where a puck hit a wall shown on the page, the difficulty I’ve had is being able to see when and for how long the puck hit the wall as it is needed to find the average force in the system. Each dot on the page is 30milliseconds apart.
  45. MichPod

    I Stern-Gerlach experiment superposition vs mixed state

    Considering SG experiment, it is usually described as if an atom in the end of its path (but before being detected on the screen) is in the superposition state, say, ##|\textsf{spin up}, \textsf{upper path}\rangle+|\textsf{spin down}, \textsf{lower path}\rangle##. Some books (Feynman lectures...
  46. neilparker62

    I Online Experiment: Compton Scattering

    I recently thought it might be interesting to see if there were any online simulations or videos of Compton Scattering experiments. The search result yielded following: Given the standard equation: $$1-\cos\theta_d=\frac{E_0 \Delta E}{E_1 E_2} ,$$ we should get a straight line with gradient...
  47. Spathi

    A The experiment for testing the CHSH inequalities

    I want to understand how an experiment is carried out to test violations of the CHSH inequalities. I have read Wikipedia and one popular book on quantum mechanics. The Wikipedia article is too short and incomprehensible to me; in addition, the description from Wikipedia and from the book is...
  48. C

    B Thought Experiment: Does Gravity's Compression Warm an Object?

    Thought experiment: (1.1) You have a homogenous object, made of one element, floating in space. (1.2) Gravity has completed the process of accelerating its atoms and molecules into the final state, such that the object is a crystalline sphere. (1.3) Gravity continues to act on the object, even...
  49. H

    Experiment Exposing Tissue to Pulsed Electromagnetic Field

    Hai guys, My background is from tissue engineering more towards to biology. I am doing exposure of electromagnetic field to a human sample. I have been assigned to use the magnetic device with the information as followed: The PIC16F886 generates 150 microseconds (µs) of pulse frequency of 80...
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