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Quantum Computing for Beginners
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This article provides an accessible introduction to quantum computing, a cutting-edge technology that processes certain types of information much faster…
Superdeterminism and the Mermin Device
Superdeterminism as a way to resolve the mystery of quantum entanglement is generally not taken seriously in the foundations community, as explained in…
Quantum Physics via Quantum Tomography: A New Approach to Quantum Mechanics
This Insight article presents the main features of a conceptual foundation of quantum physics with the same characteristic features as classical physics…
A Principle Explanation of the “Mysteries” of Modern Physics
All undergraduate physics majors are shown how the counterintuitive aspects ("mysteries") of time dilation and length contraction in special relativity…
Exploring the Anatomy of Compton Scattering
Introduction
In this article, we take as our starting point the original equations which Compton drew up and solved in his ground-breaking 1925 article: From…
Massive Meets Massless: Compton Scattering Revisited
Introduction
In a previous article entitled "Alternate Approach to 2D Collisions" we analyzed collisions between a moving and stationary object by defining…
A Beginner Physics Guide to Baryon Particles
Baryon Introduction
At the beginning of the 20th century, it was thought that all matter consisted of only three particles: the electron, the neutron,…
Understanding Superposition Physically and Mathematically
What is superposition
Superposition is a fundamental concept in physics and mathematics, particularly in the fields of wave theory and quantum mechanics.…
A Classical View of the Qubit
This Insight article is part of my paper Foundations of quantum physics III. Measurement, featuring the thermal interpretation of quantum physics. See…
Against “interpretation”
I am against "interpretations" of Quantum Mechanics (QM) in a sense in which John Bell [1] was against measurement in QM and Travis Norsen [2] is against…
The Quantum Mystery of Wigner’s Friend
In this Insight I will introduce the quantum mystery called ``Wigner's friend'' using Healey's version [1] of Frauchiger and Renner's (FR's) version [2]…
The Unreasonable Effectiveness of the Popescu-Rohrlich Correlations
In this Insight, I will show how the Popescu-Rohrlich (superquantum) correlations provide an unreasonable advantage in a particular "quantum guessing game''…
Interview with Astrophysicist Adam Becker
Adam Becker is an astrophysicist and science writer whose first book "What Is Real?: The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics" just hit…
Learn The Main Conceptual Ideas of Anyon Particles
Every quantum physicist knows that all particles are either bosons or fermions. And the standard textbook argues that this so does not depend on the number…
Interview with Physicist David J. Griffiths
We are pleased to introduce David J. Griffiths. Professor Griffiths is one of the most successful physics textbook writers. Odds are if you studied…
Tools to Enrich our Quantum Mechanics Interpretations Discourse
IntroductionMany times, we encounter ourselves tangled in some Quantum Mechanics (QM) interpretations debates. Unfortunately, the standard…
Higher Prequantum Geometry V: The Local Observables – Lie Theoretically
This article discusses how the previous considerations naturally follow the concepts of local observables of local field theories and of…
Higher Prequantum Geometry III: The Global Action Functional – Cohomologically
The previous article ended with the concept of classical locally variational field theories, of which a class of examples are…
Higher Prequantum Geometry II: The Principle of Extremal Action – Comonadically
The previous article motivated the importance of considering "pre-quantum field theory" in-between classical and quantum field…
Higher Prequantum Geometry I: The Need for Prequantum Geometry
Before proceeding with a discussion of the super p-brane sigma models, whose emergence from the superpoint I discussed in the previous article,…
Can We See an Atom?
In this article, I will discuss how these images of atoms are made, what exactly we are looking at, and what it means to see an atom. Over the decades…
What Planck Length Is and It’s Common Misconceptions
The Planck length is an extremely small distance constructed from physical constants. Many misconceptions generally overstate its physical significance,…