Physics

[MrHammy]

Post up any physics related tingz in here, yew

The first experimental realization of a dissipative time crystal

A time crystal is a unique and exotic phase of matter first predicted by the American physicist Frank Wilczek in 2012. Time crystals are temporal analogs of more conventional space crystals, as both are based on structures characterized by repeating patterns.

phys.org

Otherworldly 'time crystal' made inside Google quantum computer could change physics forever

The crystals neatly sidestep some of physics' most iron-clad laws.

www.google.com

 

[psychedelVic]

Good thread

Finding the Speed of Light with

www.physics.umd.edu

 

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Can you imagine vaping Time Crystals?!

 

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Electron lifetime is at least 66,000 yottayears – Physics World

Charge conservation stands the test of time at the Borexino experiment

physicsworld.com

 

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Why physics suggests other dimensions exist - BBC Reel

Theoretical physicists point to the idea that there are other dimensions out there, beyond what we can see. And there could be loads of them, as Melissa Hogenboom explains. A film by Melissa Hogenboom and Pierangelo Pirak

www.bbc.co.uk

What you can learn from Einstein’s quirky habits

More than 10 hours of sleep and no socks – could this be the secret to thinking like a genius?

www.bbc.com

 

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Some goodies

John D. Norton's Homepage

sites.pitt.edu

 

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Diffraction

You can easily demonstrate diffraction using a candle or a small bright flashlight bulb and a slit made with two pencils. This bending is called diffraction.

www.exploratorium.edu

 

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symmetry magazine

Symmetry is an online magazine about particle physics and its connections to other aspects of life and science, from interdisciplinary collaborations to policy to culture.

www.symmetrymagazine.org

 

[NabLa]

Now read that magazine, but slowly and in a breathy voice. Psytrance samples gold.

 

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Borexino Experiment

Official Web Site

borex.lngs.infn.it

 

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Help, it’s 1,000 trillion degrees in here! The Big Bang artwork that makes scientists cry

Want would it have been like to be inside the Big Bang? We meet the ultra-hi-tech art duo who are using light, sound and sub-atomic astro data to recreate the biggest explosion ever

www.theguardian.com

 

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On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies

 

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Does the Inertia of a Body Depend upon its Energy-Content?

 

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Essential Radio Astronomy

 

[Torsion Jim]

Do numbers exist independently of humans?

 

[NabLa]

Do events happen without observers?

 

[Torsion Jim]

Depends on the event

 

[NabLa]

There's your answer then.

 

[Torsion Jim]

No it isn't. That's barely an answer

A number would only exist if its applied to a solid object. Otherwise they are abstractions. If no one is there to apply the number in question then it doesn't exist independently of the mind

 

[NabLa]

> A number would only exist if its applied to a solid object.

Why though? An object exists, but the act of numbering them is a conscious effort. If there's no mind to think of it then there's no number. The object or objects just are.

Do quantum events actually happen without an observer? If they don't, how could time even exist? What is an observer?

Do mathematics exist without the mind? Or are mathematics an abstraction over nature's behaviour, by minds?

Your question is basically straddling the line between science and philosophy.