What are virtual particles?
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Published 2024-04-17
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QCD video:
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Quantum field theory:
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Feynman diagrams:
• Feynman diagrams
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All Comments (21)
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This is the clearest explanation of virtual particles I've seen.
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I love how the more advanced physics gets, the more it sounds like you're just making stuff up. :)
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9:29 It’s great that Dr. Don reminds us that there’s plenty of room to understand all this better. That scientific theories are our current best understanding, not absolute facts.
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The mustache went virtual my friends
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That cover of Beach Boys “Good Vibrations” at the end is brilliant. Props to whoever made that!
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There are channels that provide pretty satisfactory explanations, but yours always shines in that regard, I'm so glad I stumbled upon it, thanks for the video!
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More of the deep dives please, great to get to field theory which does explain this tricky subject and clears the mind.
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I still miss the mustache😋
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I love these videos. I quit working on cars and I’m in college studying physics because of these. Thank you.
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Great explanation of virtual particles. Thanks.
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That was incredibly helpful and clear. Thank you.
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I thought that was one of your best videos, especially the bit right at the end.
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Didn't learn anything new, just was reassured that my view is in line with modern physics view. Anyways good value video!
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Ok. It's time to catch up with several months of "farming chapters" from Fermilab =) Cheers Dr. Don!
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Finally an explanation that is understandable and not intentionally "mysterious".
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That is a great explanation! I have a couple of followup questions, if I may: 1. why are the fields jiggling with random energy all the time? 2. how, when a virtual particle appears, is it always particle/antiparticle? what are the mechanics that conspire to maintain that neatness?
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i NEED that video on how quantum fields interact
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What he said at the end there is so important! These are models. We don't necessarily know what is actual
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I always see scientists saying in QFT that electrons are excitations in the electric field, and so with every particle that has its field. However, shouldn't these fields all be a single, complex quantum field? This was worth a video explaining, and showing, for example, why an electron could not be an excitation in a Higgs field, for example. I'm newbie to these physics questions but I love how you explain everything in a simple way!
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Casimir effect in a nutshell. Also, the ultimate opening titles!
