Jim Rantschler and Randy Morrison discuss physics from elementary particles to cosmological effects at the limits of our theoretical knowledge or have recently emerged.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 2 days 8 hours 10 minutes
The Physics of Time Travel
Randy and Jim talk about traveling through through time, discussing relativity and, in particular...
Stochastic Resonance Energy Harvesting
Randy tells Jim about ways in which external vibrations can be used to do useful work in large-sc...
Five Proven Methods of Levitation
Randy shows Jim five different ways in which a body can be levitated: by magnetism, by supercondu...
Stochastic Electrodynamics
Randy explains Stochastic Electrodynamics to Jim, the theory that vacuum fluctuations are the cau...
Exotic Photon Trajectories in Quantum Mechanics
Jim and Randy discuss strange trajectories observed in triple slit experiments with metallic plat...
A Gravitational Arrow of Time
Jim and Randy discuss a cosmological theory that purports to find an explanation for the arrow of...
Photonic Molecules and Optical Circuits
Randy tells Jim about photonic molecules, pairs of photons that create bound states like molecule...
Requirements for Alternative Gravity Theories
In this episode Jim and Randy talk about how to evaluate alternative gravity theories. What sort...
f(R) Theories of Gravity
Jim and Randy discuss gravitational theories that modify general relativity by changing the actio...
Vacuum Fluctuations and the Casimir Effect
Jim and Randy discuss how vacuum fluctuations produce the van der Waals forces and the Casimir ef...