Quantum mechanics Quiz: questions and answers
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1. What is quantum mechanics?
A fundamental theory in physics which describes nature at the smallest scales of energy levels of atoms and subatomic particles
2. When were the foundations of quantum mechanics established?
First half of the 20th century
3. Who was the founder of the quantum theory?
Max Planck
4. What is the Planck constant h?
A physical constant which relates the energy carried by a photon to its frequency
5. Who offered a quantum-based theory to explain the photoelectric effect?
Albert Einstein
6. When did Erwin Schrödinger suggest a partial differential equation for the wave functions of particles like electrons?
1926
7. What is the name of the process of transition from a classical understanding of physical phenomena to a newer understanding known as quantum mechanics?
Quantization
8. What does the Schrödinger equation describe?
How wave functions change in time
9. Who proposed the "transformation theory"?
Paul Dirac
10. When did Werner Heisenberg award the Nobel Prize in Physics for the creation of quantum mechanics?
1932