Physics Information Day for Pupils Experiments, Lectures, Tours
How do you make superconductors levitate? Can you cook with comets and how does a round of quantum mini-golf work? Pupils can find answers to these questions by taking part in hands-on experiments at the Physics Information Day for Pupils at TU Braunschweig. They will also get an insight into research with lectures on quantum physics and laboratory tours.
The Physics Information Day for Pupils take place on
Saturday, 25th January 2025, from 10 a.m.
Physics Centre of TU Braunschweig,
Mendelssohnstr. 2-3, 38106 Braunschweig.
Admission is free. Registration is not required. In addition to pupils, the interested public is also invited.
Programme
- 10.00 a.m. Opening Ceremony
- 10.10 a.m. Lecture by Professor Christoph Karrasch: The Fascination of Quantum Physics
- 10.30 a.m. Lecture by Professor Andreas Hangleiter: Quantum Physics in everyday life
- 10.50 a.m. Hands-on experiments, information stands and information about our study programmes
- 12.45 p.m. Departure for the Laboratory for Emerging Nanometrology (LENA), Langer Kamp 6a/b – approx. 10 minutes on foot
- 1.00 p.m. Start of the LENA tour
Pupils can also talk to students to find out more about physics courses at TU Braunschweig. At the same time, experiments invite visitors to take part, such as levitating superconductors, measuring the shortest lengths with light and learning more about quantum physics in a game of quantum mini-golf.
Lectures and guided tours
Two lectures will give an insight into research and what a lecture in a course might look like: Professor Christoph Karrasch will talk about the “Fascination and Importance of Quantum Physics”. On a small scale – in the realm of atoms, for example – our world behaves very differently than on the macroscopic scale of footballs and planets, which is intuitively accessible to us. This observation triggered the most important revolution in theoretical physics of the twentieth century and led to the development of quantum mechanics, which is now one of the most successful physical theories of all time.
In his lecture “Quantum physics in everyday life”, Professor Andreas Hangleiter explains how quantum physics helps us to understand the world of atoms. We already use it in our daily lives, for example in LED lamps and DVD players. Quantum computers are an exciting topic that could offer many possibilities in the future. The lecture explains how these technologies work and where they are used.
Guided tour of LENA: The guided tour of the neighbouring LENA (Laboratory for Emerging Nanometrology) starts at 1:00 pm. This research centre for nanometrology uses a variety of methods, such as electron microscopy and lasers, to study the smallest structures for nanotechnology. A tour of the laboratory will give an insight into the physics involved.