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This study investigates the impact of a novel application of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in physics instruction: engaging students in prompting, refining, and validating AI-constructed simulations of physical phenomena. In a…

Physics Education · Physics 2025-09-30 Yossi Ben-Zion , Turhan K. Carroll , Colin G. West , Jesse Wong , Noah D. Finkelstein

Computer models (simulators) are vital tools for investigating physical processes. Despite their utility, the prohibitive run-time of simulators hinders their direct application for uncertainty quantification. Gaussian process emulators…

Computation · Statistics 2024-11-25 Conor Crilly , Oliver Johnson , Alexander Lewis , Jonathan Rougier

The physics community explores and explains the physical world through a blend of theoretical and experimental studies. The future of physics as a discipline depends on training of students in both the theoretical and experimental aspects…

Physics Education · Physics 2020-02-20 Bethany R. Wilcox , H. J. Lewandowski

This is a report on a qualitative study of students' learning where a physics computer simulation session is used to supplement lectures on the topic. Drawing on phenomenography as the analytical framework, the students' learning-focuses…

Physics Education · Physics 2007-05-23 Ake Ingerman , Cedric Linder , Delia Marshall

The development of Information and Communication Technologies suggests some spectacular changes in the methods used for teaching scientific subjects. Nowadays, the development of software and hardware makes it possible to simulate processes…

Physics Education · Physics 2007-05-23 Marcos H. Gimenez , Ana Vidaurre , Jaime Riera , Juan A. Monsoriu

Quantum systems are notoriously difficult to simulate with classical means. Recently, the idea of using another quantum system - which is experimentally more controllable - as a simulator for the original problem has gained significant…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-04-29 G. S. Paraoanu

Simulators are a critical component of modern robotics research. Strategies for both perception and decision making can be studied in simulation first before deployed to real world systems, saving on time and costs. Despite significant…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-11-19 Bhairav Mehta , Ankur Handa , Dieter Fox , Fabio Ramos

Writing and argumentation are critical to both professional physics and physics education. However, the skill of making an extended argument in writing is often overlooked in physics classrooms, apart from certain practices like lab…

Physics Education · Physics 2020-06-19 Tor Ole B. Odden , John Burk

Momentum exists in the physics community for integrating computation into the undergraduate curriculum. One of many benefits would be preparation for computational research. Our investigation poses the question of which computational skills…

Physics Education · Physics 2020-04-10 Amy Lisa Graves , Adam D. Light

The impact of inquiry-based instruction on the improvement of content knowledge of electricity and wave properties in two studies was the subject of this investigation. Groups of pre-college and undergraduate students performed a series of…

Physics Education · Physics 2020-12-11 Fernando Espinoza

The advent of electronic computers has revolutionised the application of statistical mechanics to the liquid state. Computers have permitted, for example, the calculation of the phase diagram of water and ice and the folding of proteins.…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2008-09-11 Carl McBride

The class of memory circuit elements which comprises memristive, memcapacitive, and meminductive systems, is gaining considerable attention in a broad range of disciplines. This is due to the enormous flexibility these elements provide in…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2012-07-04 Y. V. Pershin , M. Di Ventra

In this short essay, we show how computer experiments, and especially visualization, allowed for the investigation and discovery of phenomena which would have passed unnoticed. We shall also highlight the importance of interactivity between…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2022-03-22 J. -R. Chazottes , M. Monticelli

We point out that superconducting quantum computers are prospective for the simulation of the dynamics of spin models far from equilibrium, including nonadiabatic phenomena and quenches. The important advantage of these machines is that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-07-27 A. A. Zhukov , S. V. Remizov , W. V. Pogosov , Yu. E. Lozovik

The QuVis Quantum Mechanics Visualization project aims to address challenges of quantum mechanics instruction through the development of interactive simulations for the learning and teaching of quantum mechanics. In this article, we…

Physics Education · Physics 2015-06-11 Antje Kohnle , Charles Baily , Anna Campbell , Natalia Korolkova , Mark J. Paetkau

Quantum materials exhibit a wide array of exotic phenomena and practically useful properties. A better understanding of these materials can provide deeper insights into fundamental physics in the quantum realm as well as advance technology…

This study introduces a method for simulating quantum systems using electrical networks. Our approach leverages a generalized similarity transformation, which connects different Hamiltonians, enabling well-defined paths for quantum system…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-06-13 M. Caruso

Ambiguity in the contact between laboratory instruments and equations of quantum mechanics is formulated in terms of responses of the instruments to commands transmitted to them by a Classical digital Process-control Computer (CPC); in this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 John M. Myers , F. Hadi Madjid

I consider the question posed to me by the scientific organisers of the conference, "Are the modern computer simulations a substitute for physical models? The SKA case." I briefly consider the current knowledge of computer simulations and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-09-18 Steven J. Tingay

The lock-in amplifier is a versatile instrument frequently used in physics research. However, many students struggle with the basic operating principles of a lock-in amplifier which can lead to a variety of difficulties. To improve…

Physics Education · Physics 2016-01-07 Seth DeVore , Alexandre Gauthier , Jeremy Levy , Chandralekha Singh