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 of the velocity. This includes a long discussion of the von Neumann model of qua...
22 Apr 201536min
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 based upon its physical peculiarities -- Nonlocality and Causality.
25 Mars 201552min
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 better elucidate the process of quantum interference than the two-slit experiment.
20 Feb 201549min
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 gauge invariance of the vector potential of electrodynamics -- and how that gau...
24 Jan 201552min
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 and they discuss the Block Universe and David Bohm's interpretation of quantum m...
20 Dec 201431min
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, single-slit diffraction, and the clock in a box paradox.
21 Nov 201438min
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 Okt 201441min
