Games for teaching/learning quantum mechanics: a pilot study with high-school students

ML Chiofalo, C Foti, M Michelini, L Santi, A Stefanel - Education Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
The teaching of quantum physics is challenging, not the least because teachers must
overcome the traditional narrative approach, students must gain a conceptual understanding …

Designing and implementing materials on quantum computing for secondary school students: The case of teleportation

S Satanassi, E Ercolessi, O Levrini - Physical Review Physics Education …, 2022 - APS
The article sets out to contribute to the educational challenge launched by the second
quantum revolution. An approach to quantum computing has been outlined for secondary …

Towards a quantum internet

W Dür, R Lamprecht, S Heusler - European Journal of Physics, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
A long-range quantum communication network is among the most promising applications of
emerging quantum technologies. We discuss the potential of such a quantum internet for the …

Visualization of the invisible: The qubit as key to quantum physics

W Dür, S Heusler - The Physics Teacher, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
Quantum mechanics is one of the pillars of modern physics, however rather difficult to teach
at the introductory level due to the conceptual difficulties and the required advanced …

Approaches on T/L quantum physics from PER literature

M Michelini, A Stefanel - Teaching-Learning Contemporary Physics: From …, 2021 - Springer
Quantum mechanics has a paradigmatic role in twentieth-century physics for the theoretical
foundation of the description of the world and important application and technological …

Entangle me! A game to demonstrate the principles of quantum mechanics

A López-Incera, W Dür - American Journal of Physics, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
We introduce a game to illustrate the principles of quantum mechanics using a qubit (or spin-
first) approach, where students can experience and discover its puzzling features first-hand …

Aspects of entropy in classical and in quantum physics

S Heusler, W Dür, MS Ubben… - Journal of Physics A …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Entropy has played an essential role in the history of physics. Its mathematical definition and
applications have changed over time till today. In this paper, we first review the historical …

A haptic model of entanglement, gauge symmetries and minimal interaction based on knot theory

S Heusler, M Ubben - Symmetry, 2019 - mdpi.com
The Heegaard splitting of SU (2) is a particularly useful representation for quantum phases
of spin j-representation arising in the mapping S 1→ S 3, which can be related to (2 j, 2) …

The qubit as key to quantum physics part II: Physical realizations and applications

W Dür, S Heusler - The Physics Teacher, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Using the simplest possible quantum system—the qubit—the fundamental concepts of
quantum physics can be introduced. This highlights the common features of many different …

Life as the Explanation of the Measurement Problem

S Łukaszyk - Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
This study argues that a biological cell, a dissipative structure, is the smallest agent capable
of processing quantum information through its triangulated, holographic sphere of …