scholarly journals Examination of a Multiple Universe Version of the Partition Function of the Universe, Based upon Penrose’s Cyclic Conformal Cosmology. Leading to Uniform Values of <i>h</i> (Planck’s Constant) and Invariant Physical Laws in Each Universe of the “Multiverse”

2016 ◽  
Vol 02 (04) ◽  
pp. 571-580 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Walcott Beckwith
Keyword(s):  
Partition Function ◽  
Planck’S Constant ◽  
Conformal Cosmology ◽  
Physical Laws ◽  
Planck's Constant ◽  
The Universe

scholarly journals Why space could be quantised on a different scale to matter

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew J. Lake
Keyword(s):  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Quantum Mechanical ◽  
Material Objects ◽  
Simple Argument ◽  
Planck’S Constant ◽  
Mechanical Effects ◽  
Quantum Mechanical Effects ◽  
Planck's Constant ◽  
The Universe

The scale of quantum mechanical effects in matter is set by Planck’s constant, \hbarℏ. This represents the quantisation scale for material objects. In this article, we present a simple argument why the quantisation scale for space, and hence for gravity, may not be equal to \hbarℏ. Indeed, assuming a single quantisation scale for both matter and geometry leads to the `worst prediction in physics’, namely, the huge difference between the observed and predicted vacuum energies. Conversely, assuming a different quantum of action for geometry, \beta \ll \hbarβ≪ℏ, allows us to recover the observed density of the Universe. Thus, by measuring its present-day expansion, we may in principle determine, empirically, the scale at which the geometric degrees of freedom should be quantised.

scholarly journals Development and Students’ Perception on Teaching Aids of Photoelectric Effect Experiment Using Leds

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 253-261
Author(s):  
Hartono Bancong ◽  
Ana Dhiqfaini Sultan ◽  
Subaer Subaer ◽  
Muris Muris
Keyword(s):  
Cost Effective ◽  
Photoelectric Effect ◽  
High Price ◽  
Planck’S Constant ◽  
Teaching Aids ◽  
Modern Physics ◽  
User Friendly ◽  
Planck's Constant ◽  
D Model ◽  
Effect Experiment

The photoelectric effect experiment generally uses a very sophisticated and expensive apparatus. Some high schools and even universities in Indonesia cannot afford to conduct this experiment because of the high price of the apparatus. The purpose of this study was to develop a user-friendly, and cost-effective teaching aids which can be used to demonstrate the concepts of modern physics related to the photoelectric effect. The stages of this study employed the Four-D model, namely define, design, develop, and disseminate. Based on experts and practitioner evaluation, the developed teaching aids and practicum devices of photoelectric effect experiment were found to be valid and reliable. The results of the experiment by using this developed teaching aids of the photoelectric effect showed that there is a linear relationship between the stopping potential and the frequency of light emitted by the LED. These results are consistent with Millikan's experimental results, the first physicist who succeed in proving Einstein's hypothesis of the photoelectric effect, that in the photoelectric effect the stopping potential does not depend on the intensity of light but depends only on the frequency of light. In this study, the Planck’s constant value obtained is 6.408x10-34 J.s. Although this value is slightly smaller than the accepted value of Planck's constant that is 6.626x10-34 J.s, it is good enough considering the instrumental error occurred during the measurement of current and voltage. Furthermore, the students’ perception of the developed teaching aids and practicum devices of the photoelectric effects experiment are 74.9% (good) and 80.2% (very good), respectively. This indicates that the photoelectric effect experiment teaching aids and practicum devices that have been developed can be used to demonstrate and prove the concepts of modern physics related to the photoelectric phenomena correctly.Keywords: Teaching Aids, Photoelectric Effect, Students’ Perception

scholarly journals The Meta-Dynamic Nature of Consciousness

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Barnden
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Formulation ◽  
Physical Universe ◽  
Time Flow ◽  
Non Local ◽  
Physical Interactions ◽  
Key Aspects ◽  
Physical Laws ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Non Locality ◽  
Do So

How, if at all, consciousness can be part of the physical universe remains a baffling problem. This article outlines a new, developing philosophical theory of how it could do so, and offers a preliminary mathematical formulation of a physical grounding for key aspects of the theory. Because the philosophical side has radical elements, so does the physical-theory side. The philosophical side is radical, first, in proposing that the productivity or dynamism in the universe that many believe to be responsible for its systematic regularities is actually itself a physical constituent of the universe, along with more familiar entities. Indeed, it proposes that instances of dynamism can themselves take part in physical interactions with other entities, this interaction then being &ldquo;meta-dynamism&rdquo; (a type of meta-causation). Secondly, the theory is radical, and unique, in arguing that consciousness is necessarily partly constituted of meta-dynamic auto-sensitivity, in other words it must react via meta-dynamism to its own dynamism, and also in conjecturing that some specific form of this sensitivity is sufficient for and indeed constitutive of consciousness. The article proposes a way for physical laws to be modified to accommodate meta-dynamism, via the radical step of including elements that explicitly refer to dynamism itself. Additionally, laws become, explicitly, temporally non-local in referring directly to quantity values holding at times prior to a given instant of application of the law. The approach therefore implicitly brings in considerations about what information determines states. Because of the temporal non-locality, and also because of the deep connections between dynamism and time-flow, the approach also implicitly connects to the topic of entropy insofar as this is related to time.

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