Frontiers of Fundamental Physics and Physics Education Research

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Two-Dimensional Anharmonic Crystal Lattices: Solitons, Solectrons, and Electric Conduction....Pages 3-13
Generating the Mass of Particles from Extended Theories of Gravity....Pages 15-28
Enrico Fermi and Ettore Majorana: So Strong, So Different....Pages 29-39
Physics Teachers’ Education (PTE): Problems and Challenges....Pages 41-55
Front Matter....Pages 57-57
Simulation of High Energy Emission from Gamma-Ray Bursts....Pages 59-69
Effects of Modified Dispersion Relations and Noncommutative Geometry on the Cosmological Constant Computation....Pages 71-79
Testing the Nature of Astrophysical Black Hole Candidates....Pages 81-87
Are Anomalous Cosmic Flows A Challenge for LCDM?....Pages 89-95
New Strength to Planck’s Length Choice....Pages 97-100
Front Matter....Pages 101-101
Results from the Atlas Experiment at the LHC....Pages 103-111
Covariant Perturbations Theory in General Multi-Fluids Cosmology....Pages 113-117
Susy Results at the LHC with the Atlas Detector....Pages 119-123
Front Matter....Pages 125-125
Dark Energy from Curvature and Ordinary Matter Fitting Ehlers-Pirani-Schild: Foundational Hypothesis....Pages 127-140
The Palatini Approach Beyond Einstein’s Gravity....Pages 141-150
Extended Gravity from Noncommutativity....Pages 151-164
Quantum Gravity: A Heretical Vision....Pages 165-174
From Clock Synchronization to Dark Matter as a Relativistic Inertial Effect....Pages 175-180
Experimental Tests of Quantum Mechanics: Pauli Exclusion Principle and Spontaneous Collapse Models....Pages 181-187
CMB Anisotropy Computations Using Hydra Gas Code....Pages 189-196
Unimodular Conformal and Projective Relativity: An Illustrated Introduction....Pages 197-203
Front Matter....Pages 205-205
Universality of Charge Transport Across Disordered Nanometer-Thick Oxide Films....Pages 207-213
Front Matter....Pages 215-215
Pursuit and Evasion with Temporal Non-locality and Stochasticity....Pages 217-222
Front Matter....Pages 223-223
Behaviour at Ultra High Energies....Pages 225-235
Toward “Ghost Imaging” with Cosmic Ray Muons....Pages 237-247
The Dark Energy Universe....Pages 249-258
New Aspects of Collective Phenomena at Nanoscales in Quantum Plasmas....Pages 259-274
String Theory and Regularisation of Space–Time Singularities....Pages 275-281
Fuzzy Space–Time, Quantization and Gauge Invariance....Pages 283-286
On Fluid Maxwell Equations....Pages 287-295
Dark Energy Condensate and Vacuum Energy....Pages 297-304
General Relativistic Quantum Theories: Foundations, the Leptons Masses....Pages 305-313
Direction of Time from the Violation of Time Reversal Invariance....Pages 315-321
Study of Stability Matter Problem in Micropolar Generalised Thermoelastic....Pages 323-339
Front Matter....Pages 341-341
Relativistic Classical and Quantum Mechanics: Clock Synchronization and Bound States, Center of Mass and Particle Worldlines, Localization Problems and Entanglement....Pages 343-351
A New Computational Approach to Infinity for Modelling Physical Phenomena....Pages 353-364
Front Matter....Pages 365-365
Seismic Hazard Assesment: Parametric Studies on Grid Infrastructures....Pages 367-374
Front Matter....Pages 375-375
Learning Scenarios for a 3D Virtual Environment: The Case of Special Relativity....Pages 377-383
Stories in Physics Education....Pages 385-396
How Physics Education Research Contributes to Designing Teaching Sequences....Pages 397-406
Quantum Physics in Teacher Education....Pages 407-416
Front Matter....Pages 375-375
Using a Sociocultural Approach in Teaching Astronomy Concepts with Children of Primary School....Pages 417-424
Dynamic Modelling with “MLE-Energy Dynamic” for Primary School....Pages 425-429
The Story Format and the Cycle of Meaning Construction for Physics Education in Primary Schools....Pages 431-437
Teaching Modern Physics for Future Physics Teachers....Pages 439-443
An Alternative Approach to Canonical Quantization for Introducing Quantum Field Theory: The Double-Slit Experiment Re-Examined....Pages 445-452
Basic Concept of Superconductivity: A Path for High School....Pages 453-460
An Experimental Approach of Nodes Towards the Electric Potential for Students and Teachers....Pages 461-470
From Heuristics to Humble Theories in Physics Education: The Case of Modelling Personal Appropriation of Thermodynamics in Naturalistic Settings....Pages 471-478
Theory Versus Experiment: The Case of the Positron....Pages 479-485
Mass from Classical to Relativistic Context: A Proposal of Conceptual Unification Experimented in the IDIFO3 Summer School....Pages 487-495
Theories as Crucial Aspects in Quantum Physics Education....Pages 497-503
An Interference/Diffraction Experiment for Undergraduates....Pages 505-512
Disciplinary Knots and Learning Problems in Waves Physics....Pages 513-519
Lorentz’ Force as a Tool for Physics Inquiry: Studying Particle Tracks in Cloud and Streamer Chambers....Pages 521-527
Active Learning by Innovation in Teaching (Alit)....Pages 529-536
Capacitors, Tanks, Springs and the Like: A Multimedia Tutorial....Pages 537-543
Energy Exchange by Thermal Radiation: Hints and Suggestions for an Inquiry Based Lab Approach....Pages 545-552
Investigating Teacher Pedagogical Content Knowledge of Scientific Inquiry....Pages 553-560
Learning Knots on Electrical Conduction in Metals....Pages 561-566
Measures of Radioactivity: A Tool for Understanding Statistical Data Analysis....Pages 567-571
Front Matter....Pages 375-375
Active and Cooperative Learning Paths in the Pigelleto’s Summer School of Physics....Pages 573-577
The Challenge of Contemporary Society on Science Education: The Case of Global Warming....Pages 579-582
Magnetic Field as Pseudovector Entity in Physics Education....Pages 583-588
A Model of Concept Learning in Physics....Pages 589-593
Front Matter....Pages 595-595
Invitation to Physics not Only for Gifted Pupils....Pages 597-603
On INFN 2010 Physics Popularization School: Video Report....Pages 605-607
Popularisation of Physics in the Wild....Pages 609-615