Von Katzen, Quanten und Computern - Vortrag

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Mysterious quantum mechanics: How can particles be in several places at the same time? And cats dead and alive at the same time?

Quantum mechanics is the fundamental physical theory of nature. It describes how small particles such as atoms, ions and light particles behave. Some of its predictions are unintuitive and puzzling: things can be in many places at the same time, a measurement changes the object and there is absolute chance.

The world of the smallest particles seems to care little about the rules of the macroscopic world: Even Erwin Schrödinger devised the well-known thought model according to which quantum mechanics predicts that cats can be both alive and dead at the same time - a somewhat curious notion from everyday experience, however. And yet the phenomena of quantum mechanics underlie the functioning of almost every high-tech product, from semiconductors to lasers. The latest approaches to manipulating individual quantum systems in new types of computers, which outperform the fastest supercomputers for some problems, seem fascinating and incomprehensible at the same time.

Jens Eisert takes us on an exciting journey from the beginnings of computers in Berlin to the development of quantum computers, in which high technology and fundamental questions about the world come together.

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Admission: 8 €, reduced: 5 €, members: 3 €