8 Podcast Episodes
Quantum physics and the multiverse w/ Dr Jim Rantschler & Eve Ellenbogen
Quantum physics and the multiverse w/ Dr Jim Rantschler & Eve Ellenbogen
From spiderman to Loki to Rick and Morty, pop culture loves a good multiverse at the moment. In this episode we ask a qu... Read more
6 Jun 2021
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1hr
PhysicsFM - Quantum Paradoxes 7 - Quantum Measurements - Jim Rantschler and Randy Morrison
PhysicsFM - Quantum Paradoxes 7 - Quantum Measurements - Jim Rantschler and Randy Morrison
Randy and Jim talk about measurements of quantum systems, specifically in terms of a paradox involving the measurement o... Read more
22 Apr 2015
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36mins
PhysicsFM - Quantum Paradoxes 6 - Nonlocality and Causality - Randy Morrison and Jim Rantschler
PhysicsFM - Quantum Paradoxes 6 - Nonlocality and Causality - Randy Morrison and Jim Rantschler
Jim and Randy discuss Aharonov and Rohrlich's suggestion that quantum mechanics should be formulated in terms of axioms ... Read more
25 Mar 2015
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52mins
PhysicsFM - Quantum Paradoxes 5 - Modular Variables - Randy Morrison and Jim Rantschler
PhysicsFM - Quantum Paradoxes 5 - Modular Variables - Randy Morrison and Jim Rantschler
Randy and Jim discuss modular variables and how looking at an infinite number of slits in a diffraction grating can bett... Read more
20 Feb 2015
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49mins
PhysicsFM - Quantum Paradoxes 4 - Phases and Gauges - Randy Morrison and Jim Rantschler
PhysicsFM - Quantum Paradoxes 4 - Phases and Gauges - Randy Morrison and Jim Rantschler
Jim and Randy talk about two paradoxes that help describe the Aharonov-Bohm effect. This requires an excursion into the... Read more
24 Jan 2015
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52mins
PhysicsFM - Quantum Paradoxes 3 - Is Quantum Theory Complete? - Randy Morrison and Jim Rantschler
PhysicsFM - Quantum Paradoxes 3 - Is Quantum Theory Complete? - Randy Morrison and Jim Rantschler
Randy and Jim discuss the completeness of quantum theory via the EPR Paradox, Bell's Theorem, and the Aspect Experiment ... Read more
20 Dec 2014
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31mins
PhysicsFM - Quantum Paradoxes 2 - How to Weigh a Quantum - Randy Morrison and Jim Rantschler
PhysicsFM - Quantum Paradoxes 2 - How to Weigh a Quantum - Randy Morrison and Jim Rantschler
Jim and Randy discuss the meaning of consistency, black body radiation, the Compton effect, uncertainty relationships, s... Read more
21 Nov 2014
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38mins
PhysicsFM - Quantum Paradoxes 1 - The Uses of Paradox - Randy Morrison and Jim Rantschler
PhysicsFM - Quantum Paradoxes 1 - The Uses of Paradox - Randy Morrison and Jim Rantschler
Randy and Jim discuss paradoxes in general, some quantum effects, what paradoxes mean to physics, and the twin paradox.
21 Oct 2014
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41mins