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Week
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Topics
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Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques
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Study Materials
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1. Week
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Neutrinos, their weak interactions with matter, flavor and mass eigenstates, neutrino mixing and PMNS mixing matrix, derivation of oscillation probability in two flavor case
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Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Colloquium
Problem Based Learning
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Homework Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
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2. Week
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Neutrino oscillations in there flavor case, analysis of SK and SNO Collaboratons, determination of the parameteres of neutrino physics from the data, latest developments in neutrono oscillation physics.
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Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Colloquium
Problem Based Learning
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Homework Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
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3. Week
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Hyperfine splitting of Cesium-133 ground state, fountain atomic clock, drift of fundamental constants, latest developments
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Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Colloquium
Problem Based Learning
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Homework Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
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4. Week
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Neutron interferometers, gravitational effects, 360 degree rotation of a spin 1/2 system
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Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
Problem Based Learning
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Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
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5. Week
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Anaylsis of the Stern Gerlach experiment, preparation of the neutron beam, spin quantum states of neutron, interpretation of the results and discussion on the latest developments
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Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Colloquium
Problem Based Learning
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Homework Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
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6. Week
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Anomalous magnetic moment of the electron, its physical basis, spin and momentum precession of the electron in an external magnetic field, comparison of the experimental data and theoretical results, discussion of the recent results and new physics effects
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Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Colloquium
Problem Based Learning
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Homework Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
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7. Week
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Electron in crossed electric and magnetic fields, Pauli's results, its experimental test and discussion
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Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Colloquium
Problem Based Learning
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Homework Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
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8. Week
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EPR problem and Bell inequalities, elctron spin, quantum correlations for two spins, correlations in singlet state
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Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
Problem Based Learning
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Homework Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
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9. Week
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Hidden variable theories, their predictions, results of the Aspect experiments, comparison with the quantum emchanical predictions, latest results.
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Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Colloquium
Problem Based Learning
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Homework Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
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10. Week
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Schrödinger's cat problem, quasi classical states for an harmonic oscillator, construction of the Schrödinger-cat states
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Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Colloquium
Problem Based Learning
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Homework Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
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11. Week
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Comparison of the quantum superposition and statistical mixtures, fragility of quantum superposition, discussion of the latest results and developments.
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Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Colloquium
Problem Based Learning
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Homework Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
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12. Week
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Quantum mechanical basis of cryptography, correlated spin pairs, algorithm for a simple quantum cryptography
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Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Colloquium
Problem Based Learning
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Homework Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
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13. Week
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What is an ideal measurement, von Neumann detector, phase states of quantum oscillator, interaction between the system and detector, "ideal" measurement
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Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving
Debate
Problem Based Learning
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Homework Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
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14. Week
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Magnetic resonance, Ramsey fringes, detection of neutron spin state, working principle of a quantum eraser
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Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Large Group Discussion
Problem Based Learning
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Homework Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
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