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Erwin Schrödinger

Erwin Schrödinger. Justin, Jasmine, and Enrique. Early life and Education. Born in Vienna, Austria Went to university of Vienna School called gymnasium was a painter at first then became a botanist Born august 12 1887 Assistant to Franz Exner (explored radioactivity,

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Erwin Schrödinger

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  1. Erwin Schrödinger Justin, Jasmine, and Enrique

  2. Early life and Education • Born in Vienna, Austria • Went to university of Vienna • School called gymnasium was a painter at first then became a botanist • Born august 12 1887 • Assistant to Franz Exner (explored radioactivity, Electricity, and electro chemistry) • Was in the army as an artillery officer in WWI • After the army went to university of Zurich • Wrote about heats of solids and thermo dynamics

  3. Achievements • Discovered the wave theorem 1926 • Nobel prize received 1933 Dirac • Lectured many different universities between different countries because of WWII • Went to institute of advanced studies in Dublin became director of the school for theoretical physics • Wrote papers about wave theorem solved electron arrangement problem made calculation to calculate the orbit of where the atom would be , a model of the atom

  4. Schrödinger's wave function • Schrodinger’s wave function is usually used to calculate momentum, position, spin and energies of sub-atomic particles. • This function is the equivalent of Newton's laws to conventional physics, but it instead it deals with quantum physics. • Using his function the approximate position of an electron orbiting an atom can be calculated. Based on its energy mass and attraction to the nucleus of the atom.

  5. Schrödinger's wave function (cont) • Before the wave function was put together the conventional atomic model (Bohr’s model) looked like this. • All electrons had fairly regular orbitals. • Organized by shells and their capacity to carry electrons and the energy of the electrons orbiting the nucleolus.

  6. Even more Wave Functions Information. • Until Erwin Schrodinger, the accepted atomic model was the Bohr’s model, However the electron orbitals theorized where unable to adhere to most elements. • Schrodinger’s wave function solved this problem, his function allowed him to calculate probability of an electron in one area. • ELECTRON CLOUD,

  7. Schrödinger's cat Representation

  8. Schrödinger's cat • An experiment involving a cat, a box, a bottle of poison, and a Geiger counter. Was used to demonstrate his wave theorem. • A cat was placed into a box where a Geiger counter would connect to a device used to rupture the flask of poison, if the counter would detect radiation from a radiation source it would rupture the flask. • The Geiger counter would be activated at random… • After the box was sealed the cat could be considered both dead and alive, because there is no way of telling whether or not the cat was dead or alive. • This experiment was relevant to his contributions because his theory explained that an electron could be in several places at once, you could not predict exactly where it was but you could predict that it is in a certain area at any one time.

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