Yeaap! This is our creative work, but we didn't study about the question of loss of energy in connecting two capacitors (one charged, one uncharged). We just observed the change in the potentials of both components.
We already did another experiment three meetings before this idea came out. We were measuring the potential and magnetic field of a solenoid connected to an RC circuit. However, we weren't able to find significant results. For three consecutive weeks, we tried but nothing happened. On last day of 102.1 lab class, I took two capacitors from our set-up and played with it (like those little children playing with their dolls XD) and then a simple thought crossed my mind: What if an uncharged capacitor is connected to a charged one (same capacitance)? Jom and Josh thought that ideally, the one will be charged, and the other will be uncharged, and the charge will go back and forth and will be oscillating all throughout. And poof! we have a new investigatory project! Amazing right? :))
(tbc)
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