Bulletin of the American Physical Society
2024 APS March Meeting
Monday–Friday, March 4–8, 2024; Minneapolis & Virtual
Session T62: FHPP,FECS,CSWP |
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Sponsoring Units: FHPP FECS CSWP Chair: Manchen Hu, Stanford University Room: 208CD |
Thursday, March 7, 2024 11:30AM - 11:42AM |
T62.00001: Review of antimatter experiments: from theory to experiment & experiment to theory Mark Pickrell The history of our understanding of antimatter is intriguing. Paul Dirac’s 1928 mathematical conclusion that “positive electrons” would satisfy his quantum equation is a hallmark of theoretical physics -- when Carl Anderson’s 1932 experiment confirmed the existence of the positron, Dirac’s mathematics changed from a formalistic abstract idea to confirmed scientific hypothesis. About that time, Bethe and Heitler theorized the evanescence of electron/positron pairs out of the “quantum vacuum;” their hypothesis was confirmed, at large scale, by recent experiments at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. As well, the experimental work done at Lawrence Berkeley Radiation Laboratory in the 1950s, demonstrating the existence of the antiproton and antineutron, has recently led to work at CERN regarding the effect of gravity on antimatter. Other recent antimatter experiments will also be discussed. |
Thursday, March 7, 2024 11:42AM - 11:54AM |
T62.00002: How Einstein Was Influenced by the Philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer Alberto A Martinez In Einstein's Autobiographical Notes, in multiple letters, and in essays, he admitted that he had been influenced by Arthur Schopenhauer, a crabby and disgruntled but fascinating German philosopher who had died in 1860. Few writers have analyzed Schopenhauer's influence on Einstein, despite some exceptions such as Don Howard. I will discuss how Schopenhauer affected Einstein's views on free will, determinism, human relationships, spacetime, and in using science as an escape from personal problems. Naturally, I will draw comparisons to Einstein's views on Hume, Kant, and Spinoza. I will also discuss how Einstein discussed Schopenhauer with others, including his son Eduard. |
Thursday, March 7, 2024 11:54AM - 12:06PM |
T62.00003: Many faces of Casimir: mirrors, black holes, and beta decay Evgenii Ievlev, Michael Good, Eric Linder Moving mirrors, or Dynamical Casimir effect, is a phenomenon of particle creation induced by a reflective boundary that moves in a non-uniform fashion. This phenomenon when considered in 1+1 dimensions can be described by a conformal field theory with a boundary, which allows one to obtain a great variety of exact results concerning particle production. |
Thursday, March 7, 2024 12:06PM - 12:18PM |
T62.00004: To be or not to be a faculty administrator? Lev V Gasparov
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Thursday, March 7, 2024 12:18PM - 12:30PM |
T62.00005: TItle: Women In Physics In DIstrict Swat Khyber Pakhtunkhwa PakistanAuthor: Naeem Ullah Subject Specialist at Government Higher Secondary School No.3 Mingora Swat KPK Pakistan Naeem Ullah Abstract: |
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