Graduate Program in Physics at UFSC, Florianópolis

THE PHYSICS GRADUATE PROGRAM invites everyone to the seminar:

  Kelvin: past, present and future.

Prof. Felix Sharipov

Departamento de Física/UFPR

 Abstract:

Four basic physical units of SI, viz., kilogram, ampere, mole, and kelvin will be redefined in 2018. Their definitions will be related to universal physical constants such as Planck constant, elementary charge, number of Avogadro and Boltzmann constant. At the moment, great efforts are being done to measure these constants with a high accuracy. The lecture gives a brief history of the kelvin definition. Its future definition via the Boltzmann constant will be presented. Experimental and theoretical results related to the future definition of kelvin are reviewed.

Date: 06/December/2016 – (tuesday) – Place: Sala 212 – Auditório do Departamento de Física- Time: 14 horas