If an unstable particle used in a two-path interference experiment decays before reaching a detector, which-way information becomes available that reduces the detected interference fringe visibility.
(Read more...) Talks & PublicationsThe Quest for Uncertainty: Recovering an Appreciation for Truth. I here present a simplistic view–the idea that the world is wholly knowable and that education is what Dewey called a ‘quest for certainty’–and attempt to recover from it a more robust and subtle sense of Truth by exploring the philosophical differences between mathematics and science.
(Read more...) Talks & PublicationsWe develop a framework to test the equivalence principle under conditions where the quantum aspects of nature cannot be neglected, specifically in the context of interference phenomena with unstable particles.
(Read more...) Talks & PublicationsWe built an air cannon that utilizes a diaphragm valve to release the pressurized gas and discuss a model based on the flow of air through the valve, which is in decent agreement with our data.
(Read more...) Talks & PublicationsI have been teaching physics at Avon High School since 2013.
This website is a collection of projects—some related to my job and many not. Mostly, this website is just a
place for me to play around with html and other programming languages and trick myself into thinking that I
am being productive by doing so.
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Zachary J. Rohrbach
Physics Teacher
Avon High School
zjrohrbach@avon-schools.org