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1 UC Santa Cruz Tesla at St. Ignatius College Prep

2 Your guests are from the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC): Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics (SCIPP) n Professor Hartmut Sadrozinski n Professor Terry Schalk Department of Physics n Dr. Charlie Crummer, Lab Manager n Colleen Milbury, student UC Santa Cruz Tesla at St. Ignatius College Prep

3 Thanks to our hosts n James Dann (Physics Teacher) Father Tony Sauer (President) Father Tony Sauer (President) n Charlie Dullea (Principal) n Kate Kodros (Vice Principal) Program n Jacob's Ladder n Corona n Zorro’s Revenge n Intro on lightning n Knight in Armor n Intro on Tesla Coil n Lighting to the face n Lights with no wires n Jumping Jacks

4 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 UC Santa Cruz Tesla at St. Ignatius College Prep 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

5 ZorroZorro

6 UC Santa Cruz Tesla at St. Ignatius College Prep At the beginning of the show there are two concepts we must understand n Lightning n The Faraday Cage

7 UC Santa Cruz Tesla at St. Ignatius College Prep How lightning works + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + – – – – – – – – – – –– – – – + + + ++++++ + + + + + ++ + –– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –– – – – – – – +++++ + + + ++++ + ++++++ + + +++ +

8 UC Santa Cruz Tesla at St. Ignatius College Prep Lightning Jacob’s Ladder Corona Tesla Sparks are all related. Lightning Jacob’s Ladder Corona Tesla Sparks are all related. Principle:Air becomes ionized, and therefore conducts electricity. Lot’s of it, so the current heats up the air, excites the atoms/molecules which emit light.

9 UC Santa Cruz Tesla at St. Ignatius College Prep The Faraday Cage Why aren't air planes in grave danger being so close to the clouds and all? ++ + + + + +++ ++ + –– – – – – – –– – – – – + +++ + + + 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

10 Mystery Knight

11 n Why does Thomas (“Mr. Electricity”) Edison look so grim? n Is it because he preferred DC current? UC Santa Cruz Tesla at St. Ignatius College Prep

12 n Why does Mr. Nicola (“Sparky”) Tesla look so dapper? n Is it because he preferred AC current? UC Santa Cruz Tesla at St. Ignatius College Prep

13 n Tesla’s Power Plant at Niagara UC Santa Cruz Tesla at St. Ignatius College Prep

14 n Nicola Tesla as a Daredevil? UC Santa Cruz Tesla at St. Ignatius College Prep n Long Time Exposure makes it safe!

15 UC Santa Cruz Tesla at St. Ignatius College Prep

16 n Let’s get to know the Tesla Coil UC Santa Cruz Tesla at St. Ignatius College Prep

17 Voltage starts at 120 ends up at 1 million! Transformer 14,000 volt Outlet 120 volt Resonance circuit 1 million volt Ask your teachers about details! UC Santa Cruz Tesla at St. Ignatius College Prep Principle of the Tesla Coil

18 UC Santa Cruz Tesla at St. Ignatius College Prep TransformerTransformer Power out = Power in Power = Volt  Current Power out = Power in Power = Volt  Current Later on in class you will see a Transformer demonstration. Where have you seen this before? Power in Power out

19 UC Santa Cruz Tesla at St. Ignatius College Prep Electrical current flows on the OUTSIDE of a metal! In a thunderstorm stay in the car! Ground The armored suit is safe! n It's a Faraday Cage – no electric field allowed inside The armored suit is safe! n It's a Faraday Cage – no electric field allowed inside Invisible current Visible sparks

20 UC Santa Cruz Tesla at St. Ignatius College Prep Resonance circuit Amplitude = Force M (f 2 natural – f 2 force ) A kick at the right frequency build up and gets you sky-high!

21 Lightning Boxing

22 UCSC n Teaching n Research n Outreach UC Santa Cruz Tesla at St. Ignatius College Prep

23 n 10 Residential Colleges

24 n Teaching, Research, Outreach n Elementary Particle Physics n Condensed Matter Physics & Wave Propagation n Particle Astrophysics & Cosmology UC Santa Cruz Tesla at St. Ignatius College Prep

25 n Student Research UC Santa Cruz Tesla at St. Ignatius College Prep

26 Transformation of Energy GLAST SLAC n Similar to the Tesla Coil, accelerators convert Energy into new forms –Visit the Standford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC): Electricity  New particles –SCIPP works on BaBar : why we are made out of matter In Space in black holes: In Space in black holes: – Matter  Light, x-rays, “jets” – SCIPP works on GLAST Mission: investigate the most powerful accelerators in the universe UC Santa Cruz Tesla at St. Ignatius College Prep

27 Galaxy DNA Cell Atom Nucleus Electron microscope Accelerator There is plenty to learn and discover! The world is full of mysteries, from the tiny to the gigantic


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