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UC Santa Cruz Tesla at Freedom SCIPP UC Santa Cruz Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics SCIPP n Prof. Hartmut Sadrozinski Your Guests today UC Santa Cruz Department of Physics n Dr. Charlie Crummer, Laboratory Manager n Dr. Alex Grillo n Brian Keeney, Junior n Dr. Hiroshi Ohyama n Ms. Holly Hester, Administrator n Mr. Edward Hawkins, Coordinator

UC Santa Cruz Tesla at Freedom SCIPP UC Santa Cruz Tesla Program n Introduction & Jacob's Ladder n Safety First n Knight in Armor –Bolt to the face –Sparks from the feet n Corona: –Zorro’s Sword –Lights without Cords n Facts on Lightning & Tesla Coil n Mystery Knight in Armor –Fighting Lightning

UC Santa Cruz Tesla at Freedom SCIPP UC Santa Cruz What is a Physicist? A Person who asks Questions about Nature Today is your chance to be a Physicist: Ask Questions during the Show!

UC Santa Cruz Tesla at Freedom SCIPP UC Santa Cruz Teach students, learn about nature (Research) Smallest bodies (Particles): Quarks How do bodies form and stay together Big bodies in the sky: Stars, Black holes, Supernovae

UC Santa Cruz Tesla at Freedom SCIPP UC Santa Cruz Galaxy DNA Cell Atom Nucleus Electron microscope Accelerator The size of the object and its distance tells me what kind of instrument I need to see it. Larger & Farther away smaller Cartoon of the World

UC Santa Cruz Tesla at Freedom SCIPP UC Santa Cruz Professors and Students (and Teachers !) conduct research in the SCIPP Laboratories

UC Santa Cruz Tesla at Freedom SCIPP UC Santa Cruz Summer 2001: Teachers help launch a big Balloon Mr. Kliewer Prof. Schalk Dr. Dann Mr. Manildi Mr. Briber

UC Santa Cruz Tesla at Freedom SCIPP UC Santa Cruz Balloon Chase and Recovery Balloon flew 400 Miles at 130,000 ft across ???

UC Santa Cruz Tesla at Freedom SCIPP UC Santa Cruz n Normally you can't see, hear or smell electricity, but the Tesla Coil makes Bright sparks Bright sparks Loud crackling noise Loud crackling noise The air smell bad (Ozone The air smell bad (Ozone SAFETY FIRST! BRACE YOURSELF! 1 Million Volts! DANGER n Distance at least 20 ft. n Computers, Gameboys, CD players, telephones to the back of the room – unplugged, switched off! n Hearing aids off, pacemakers out of room

UC Santa Cruz Tesla at Freedom SCIPP UC Santa Cruz Meet the Fighting Knight Fighting Lightning Bolt to the Head Sparks from the feet

UC Santa Cruz Tesla at Freedom SCIPP UC Santa Cruz Three things to understand: n Electrical Current n Lightning n The Faraday Cage

UC Santa Cruz Tesla at Freedom SCIPP UC Santa Cruz Lightning Jacob’s Ladder Corona Tesla Sparks are all related. Lightning Jacob’s Ladder Corona Tesla Sparks are all related. Principle:Air is made of very small bodies called “molecules”. When they are broken apart, they become charged and can conduct a current like an electrical wire. If there is a large current, it heats up the air and makes light (like in your toaster!). Electricity in Air

UC Santa Cruz Tesla at Freedom SCIPP UC Santa Cruz How lightning works – – – – – – – – – – –– – – – –– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –– – – – – – – Ground is safe!

UC Santa Cruz Tesla at Freedom SCIPP UC Santa Cruz The Faraday Cage Why aren't air planes in grave danger being so close to the clouds and away from safe ground? –– – – – – – –– – – – – Safest place during a lightning storm is in a plane or car because it is a Faraday Cage Answer: They form a Faraday Cage i.e., they are surrounded by metal; if you are surrounded by metal you are safe the electricity flows around the outside

UC Santa Cruz Tesla at Freedom SCIPP UC Santa Cruz ZorroZorro Drawing sparks with a sword

UC Santa Cruz Tesla at Freedom SCIPP UC Santa Cruz Sparks to grounded sword What is happening with Zorro? Wire to safe ground What about those lights without cords? Electricity Moves Through the Air (you knew that, because you use a radio and TV

UC Santa Cruz Tesla at Freedom SCIPP UC Santa Cruz Thomas “DC” Edison Thomas “DC” EdisonBatteries Nicola “AC” Tesla Generators vs. n Tesla Revival n 271 web sites are dedicated to Nicola Tesla n Join the “Tesla Coil Web Ring”

UC Santa Cruz Tesla at Freedom SCIPP UC Santa Cruz n Nicola Tesla as a Daredevil waiting for a hair cut? n Double Exposure makes it safe!

UC Santa Cruz Tesla at Freedom SCIPP UC Santa Cruz Voltage starts at 120 ends up at 1 million! Transformer 14,000 volt Outlet 120 volt Resonance circuit 1 million volt Ask us about details! How does the Tesla Coil work?

UC Santa Cruz Tesla at Freedom SCIPP UC Santa Cruz Learn about Transformers Where have you seen this before? Power Power

UC Santa Cruz Tesla at Freedom SCIPP UC Santa Cruz We heard a lot about conserving Power (turn off lamps, Air conditioners, ….) Power is brought to your neighborhood on high voltage lines on high voltage lines and a transformer brings it down to 120V We heard a lot about conserving Power (turn off lamps, Air conditioners, ….) Power is brought to your neighborhood on high voltage lines on high voltage lines and a transformer brings it down to 120V Physics Principle: Transformer Power Power

UC Santa Cruz Tesla at Freedom SCIPP UC Santa Cruz Transformation of Energy GLAST SLAC n Power is used everywhere –Visit the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC): Electricity -> New particles Quarks Power is tranformed in Space Power is tranformed in Space Black holes explode : Black holes explode : – Material -> Light, x-rays, “jets” – SCIPP works on GLAST Mission: discover the most powerful “power plants” in the universe discover the most powerful “power plants” in the universe

UC Santa Cruz Tesla at Freedom SCIPP UC Santa Cruz Learn about Resonance That’s how a swing works: A kick at the right moment builds up and gets you sky-high! That’s how a swing works: A kick at the right moment builds up and gets you sky-high! In the Tesla “swing”, the kick is supplied by the AC electrical current moving back and forth In the Tesla “swing”, the kick is supplied by the AC electrical current moving back and forth

UC Santa Cruz Tesla at Freedom SCIPP UC Santa Cruz Mystery Knight Who is afraid of Lightning? NOT! NOT!

UC Santa Cruz Tesla at Freedom SCIPP UC Santa Cruz Electrical current flows on the OUTSIDE of a metal! Is Mr. Rasmussen ok?Let’s check! The armored suit is safe! n It's a Faraday Cage – no electric field allowed inside Is Mr. Rasmussen ok?Let’s check! The armored suit is safe! n It's a Faraday Cage – no electric field allowed inside Invisible current Visible sparks Ground 1 Million Volt Visible sparks

UC Santa Cruz Tesla at Freedom SCIPP UC Santa Cruz Fysiks is Phun! Questions? Ask after the show, , visit… You find our coordinates on the web

UC Santa Cruz Tesla at Freedom SCIPP UC Santa Cruz Say “Good bye” to Daniel Greenhouse, the brain behind the sparks He was an undergraduate at UC Santa Cruz. at UC Santa Cruz. Thanks to our hosts: n All you students n Mr. J. Rasmussen n Mr. B. Hayes n Ms. Jean Heintz n 4 th and 5 th Grade Teachers: –Ms Mitani, Ms Carlson, Mr Andrijasevich –Ms Giovannis, Mr Kolbeck, Mr Ortega –Ms Covarrubias, Ms Laing, Ms Jeffries