Understanding QFT - Episode 2: Developing the math of spin

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  • čas přidán 17. 06. 2024
  • This is the best explanation of spin in the internet or you get your money back
    Help me pay my student debt by joining my Patreon (please...): / highlyentropicmind
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    Special thanks to my producers:
    Manuel Marquez, Carlo Fazioli, Lana Montegazza, OtiumOtiosum, Valerie Hyde, T Highfill, Ryan Roberts, Cookie_T and Azure Azalia
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    Credits:
    Script, Host, Filming, Directing, Editing, Summoning, Production: Fernando Franco Félix
    Animations and graphics: Fernando Franco Félix, Oscar Flores, Chris Diaz and Amit Mourya
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    Sources:
    All the scientific papers I read to make this video are listed in this article: docs.google.com/document/d/1k...
    But the most important ones were:
    "The electron as a vector wave" by Charles G Darwin
    "On the quantum mechanics of magnetic electrons" By Wolfgang Pauli
    "The experimental proof of the Directional quantization in the magnetic field" by Stern and Gerlach
    "Wrong Theory-Right Experiment: The Significance of the Stern-Gerlach Experiments" by Friedel Weinert
    "The Stern-Gerlach Experiment Revisited" by Horst Schmidt-Böcking and others
    "Understanding Heisenberg's 'Magical' Paper of July 1925: a New Look at the Calculational Details
    A lot of the research for this video also came from:
    Mehra, Jagdish, and Helmut Rechenberg. The historical development of quantum theory. Vol. 1, 2 and 3, Springer Science & Business Media, 2000.
    I also used Griffith's book as a guide:
    Griffiths, David J., and Darrell F. Schroeter. Introduction to quantum mechanics. Cambridge university press, 2018.
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    Chapters:
    00:00 - Intro and recap
    04:25 - Right hand rule
    08:14 - Polarization of light
    10:51 - Calcite is weird
    14:18 - What about second polarizer?
    16:19 - Polarization vector
    20:51 - Electrons are polarized
    23:58 - SG device as a calcite crystal
    27:14 - SG device as a polarizer
    28:55 - Two SG polarizers
    30:46 - Epiphany (probability waves)
    33:21 - Probability space
    36:48 - Probability waves
    38:53 - Smelling Schrödinger's cat
    42:48 - Patreon stuff
    44:39 - Trying to use probability space
    47:13 - Probability space is dead
    49:54 - LONG LIVE AMPLITUDE SPACE!
    51:46 - The fuck is phase?
    54:28 - The SG experiment in a single formula
    56:41 - Angles of energy?
    58:55 - Dot product
    01:01:36 - Measurements as vectors in amplitude space
    01:02:32 - Change of base
    01:03:35 - Real world example
    01:06:38 - Measurements are matrix multiplications
    01:08:36 - Matrix multiplications are rotations
    01:10:28 - Heisenberg being stupid
    01:14:20 - Cancer and radiation
    This is where it gets hard
    01:16:21 - Spin in 3D
    01:17:50 - Spheres have two degrees of freedom
    01:19:41 - Inventing a new kind of number
    01:24:01 - New numbers mess with amplitude
    01:25:28 - New numbers mess with dot products
    01:26:45 - Dirac makes the funniest joke of the century
    01:27:57 - It came from the fourth dimension
    01:29:16 - The return of the phase
    01:31:55 - What Darwin actually discovered
    01:34:23 - Measurements as rotations in 4 dimensions
    01:35:23 - Determinant = 1
    01:36:26 - Unitarity
    01:39:45 - Group properties
    01:43:16 - Information is a physical property
    01:45:16 - The properties of information
    01:45:16 - Intro to symmetry
    01:47:21 - Recap
    01:48:42 - End... Wait, Pauli matrices?
    01:49:42 - End and thanks

Komentáře • 354

  • @HighlyEntropicMind
    @HighlyEntropicMind  Před 4 měsíci +53

    Hello everyone, here are my thoughts on making this video
    0.- First of all, thanks to all my producers who have helped me out over this time, specially Manuel Marquez, Carlo Faziolli and Lana Montegazza. Oddly enough most of their help came after I had recorded the video, so some of them are not mentioned in the video itself, but they will be thanked in every video from now on. Thank you guys, from the bottom of my heart
    1.- Length of the video and length of production: This video took me twice as long as I had expected because it ended up being twice as long as I thought it would be. In hindsight I should have split the video in two, one about spin in 2D and another about spin in 3D. In the future I will ensure no video is longer than one hour
    2.- Animations: Making the visuals for this video was a harrowing experience which I never want to experience again. Working with other people is hard, specially when they don't understand your vision (or don't care to understand it). Thankfully now I have the skills to make most of the animations my videos require. This increases my workload, but oddly enough it also simplifies it, and hopefully it will improve quality
    3.- Research is hard man: Researching for this video was an incredibly fun but also frustrating experience, and it took a LONG time. I will make a video about that
    4.- I am already writing the next one, and I can't wait for you to watch it
    Finally, you can help me out with a one time donation or by joining my Patreon:
    Patreon: www.patreon.com/HighlyEntropicMind
    Buy me a coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/highlyentrc
    Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/highlyentropicmind
    Paypal: paypal.me/HighlyEntropicMind?country.x=MX&locale.x=en_US

    • @narfwhals7843
      @narfwhals7843 Před 4 měsíci

      Okay, but did you actually know that the wave function is not the square root of probability? I just really wanted to tell you that.

    • @HighlyEntropicMind
      @HighlyEntropicMind  Před 4 měsíci +2

      @@narfwhals7843 The probability is the magnitude of the amplitude, if that's what you mean, and I do mention that in the video

    • @narfwhals7843
      @narfwhals7843 Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@HighlyEntropicMind My joke failed and my day is ruined. But I have the video to look forward to, so that's nice.

    • @Devilhunter69
      @Devilhunter69 Před 4 měsíci

      FINALLY

    • @purplenanite
      @purplenanite Před 4 měsíci

      if you have a script, is there a possibility for captions?
      i really enjoyed the references to other youtube videos, like hackenbush video (rest in peace), and the iron farm video!

  • @chikinnunget5231
    @chikinnunget5231 Před 4 měsíci +44

    300 million educations in one video

    • @HighlyEntropicMind
      @HighlyEntropicMind  Před 4 měsíci +10

      If you look at the chapters you can see how I structure these videos in my mind, in each section we just have to learn one thing, and each thing builds on the previous ones, or is related to them in some way, so maybe not 300 million, but around 53

    • @vinniepeterss
      @vinniepeterss Před 3 měsíci

      ❤❤

  • @nanamacapagal8342
    @nanamacapagal8342 Před 4 měsíci +42

    If episode 1 is comedy gold in education, episode 2 is glory. Absolutely loved the episode the whole way through, was worth the 2 hours of watching and 7 months of waiting
    I am already excited for episode 3, can't wait for it, or rather, I'm ready to wait a million years for it

    • @HighlyEntropicMind
      @HighlyEntropicMind  Před 4 měsíci +4

      Seven months... ouch, I was trying to not think about that. I'll try to not take more than 3 months from now on

    • @nanamacapagal8342
      @nanamacapagal8342 Před 4 měsíci +8

      @@HighlyEntropicMind it's okay mate. quality over quantity

    • @MrKyltpzyxm
      @MrKyltpzyxm Před 3 měsíci +1

      ​@@HighlyEntropicMindDon't sweat it. Totally worth the wait.

  • @philipm3173
    @philipm3173 Před 4 měsíci +33

    13:00 Ah I know this! Canadian balsam resin was used due to its clarity and the similarity of its refractive index to that of crown glass (n = 1.55). It has been regularly used in microspocy for the same reason.

  • @jimbobur
    @jimbobur Před 3 měsíci +6

    Brilliant video, can't wait for part 3!
    I remember being completely lost by SU(2) and spin and all this stuff back in the days when I studied physics at university. All the maths and the Pauli matrices felt like they were just thrown at us almost entirely arbitrarily, without taking the time to really motivate their use from first principles. If I'd had more lecturers like you maybe I would've continued in physics after graduating.

    • @HighlyEntropicMind
      @HighlyEntropicMind  Před 3 měsíci +3

      The teachers failed us all, that's why I'm making these videos

  • @CatFish107
    @CatFish107 Před 4 měsíci +18

    Holy smokes. You just made the double slit electron measuring non interference thingy make a whole lot more sense to me. I wish there was a nice animation of the interference with waves when I was in school. That's a handy visualization.

  • @O0kala
    @O0kala Před 4 měsíci +9

    I'm a normie loving your simplified breakdowns. Don't stop.

    • @HighlyEntropicMind
      @HighlyEntropicMind  Před 4 měsíci +2

      If this was a musical, this would be my cue to start singing "Don't stop me now"

  • @theeyeguysBR
    @theeyeguysBR Před 4 měsíci +10

    You’re already my favourite educator on CZcams. And history tells me you’re changing your approach towards video making to match CZcams’s algorithm expectations. And you’re forgiven in advance 😂! But, if I could ask you one thing, it’d be don’t change your ways. You’re awesome just the way you are. Thank you!

    • @HighlyEntropicMind
      @HighlyEntropicMind  Před 4 měsíci

      Thank you, but I don't know what you mean. How do you think I changed?

    • @user-lo9ql4lz3h
      @user-lo9ql4lz3h Před 3 měsíci +1

      100% in agreement with you!. Do not change your ways. Your style is your unique/original trademark🏆

    • @theeyeguysBR
      @theeyeguysBR Před 3 měsíci

      @@HighlyEntropicMind you didn’t!! But I have followed several other educators on CZcams and it seems that, in time, they all converge to a certain “CZcams standard”. You have not changed, and I hope you never do! 😉

  • @oak_meadow9533
    @oak_meadow9533 Před 3 měsíci +4

    That was the best explanation of spin that I have ever heard. You clarified all my questions.. And the perfect treatment of why 720degrees is just once in phase space was spot on. Thanks my friend.😊

    • @HighlyEntropicMind
      @HighlyEntropicMind  Před 3 měsíci

      This was my goal, make this the best explanation of spin on the internet

  • @actualBIAS
    @actualBIAS Před 4 měsíci +2

    Dude, thank you. I m looking forward to watch this tomorrow!

  • @thewolverine7516
    @thewolverine7516 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Finally, you uploaded it! I really enjoyed this stuff. Thanks!

  • @Len-vt5ol
    @Len-vt5ol Před 4 měsíci +4

    finally!! this is going to be such a good watch

  • @ShandyTheMan
    @ShandyTheMan Před 3 měsíci +1

    This video is genuinely absolutely fantastic.

  • @kaushalgagan6723
    @kaushalgagan6723 Před 4 měsíci +2

    What a great video. thanks a lot I was waiting for the release

  • @greenmountainfarms7515
    @greenmountainfarms7515 Před 3 měsíci +4

    You just filled in so many gaps I've been struggling with for many years. Decades, if I'm honest! Thank you so much for these videos. You are an excellent communicator. ❤

  • @rodrigomolina2562
    @rodrigomolina2562 Před 4 měsíci +1

    I'm gonna enjoy this video so much. I really appreciate all the effort you put into it.

  • @Broidekman
    @Broidekman Před 4 měsíci +4

    Oh my god..this video feels so nostalgic considering how we've seen all your progress in the community tab. I cant believe it's finally here. Thankyou so much. Take care man!

  • @TheJara123
    @TheJara123 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Jesus Christ!! You made a QM video numuro uno on YT..
    I watch all the qm videos on CZcams...all are unique but yours top them all!! What a riveting and revelation of QM..
    Presenting such a topic with boundlessly enthousiasm, performance, acting that is not irritating.. but is entertaining...adding in just the right amount of qm along the way...
    I don't think anyone can beat it easily..you understand the topic so well and even more you know how to share it and not teach it!! Which is a shock to me!! Because most nerds don't posses these both characteristics!!
    So with thousands thanks please make more videos on your favourite topics...

    • @HighlyEntropicMind
      @HighlyEntropicMind  Před 2 měsíci

      Thank you so much for saying this, please share this video so that more people will enjoy it

  • @jeremycarroll451
    @jeremycarroll451 Před 3 měsíci

    This is even more wonderful than Part 1.
    I never thought I would get an understanding of the mathematics underlying this. Thank you!

  • @williamharr7338
    @williamharr7338 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Great video. Commenting to support the it's presence in the algorithm.

  • @pkrent3461
    @pkrent3461 Před 3 měsíci

    I love this style of video, incredibly engaging ❤

  • @manantv9299
    @manantv9299 Před 4 měsíci

    Waited for this Episode so long!!

  • @stauffap
    @stauffap Před měsícem

    What an outstanding video! Definately one of the best videos i've seen on spin.

  • @Raspberry_aim
    @Raspberry_aim Před 3 měsíci +1

    Thank you so much for making these videos! I really appreciate that you go so in depth and really explain the topics - not many channels are willing to do so!

  • @bjornragnarsson8692
    @bjornragnarsson8692 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Woah, this was awesome! I absolutely loved this! So glad I clicked on this video

    • @HighlyEntropicMind
      @HighlyEntropicMind  Před 3 měsíci +1

      I'm glad you clicked on it too, now share it with your friends!

  • @gabitheancient7664
    @gabitheancient7664 Před 4 měsíci +2

    your videos are amazing, love all the slow construction you make of the concepts

    • @HighlyEntropicMind
      @HighlyEntropicMind  Před 4 měsíci +1

      Thanks. That's the only way I can learn

    • @gabitheancient7664
      @gabitheancient7664 Před 4 měsíci

      @@HighlyEntropicMind saame, to understand what's up with qm I actually searched for schrodinger's paper and dirac's "principles of quantum mechanics" where he builds everything, little by little, and explains the physical consequences of every single detail of the math built there, really great book

    • @HighlyEntropicMind
      @HighlyEntropicMind  Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@gabitheancient7664 I highly recommend you read this paper from Darwin, when he said that maybe space is just the integration variable for the probability wave I was fucking mindblown
      royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10.1098/rspa.1927.0179

    • @gabitheancient7664
      @gabitheancient7664 Před 4 měsíci

      @@HighlyEntropicMindthanks for the recommendations, will read it later

  • @marenagbg
    @marenagbg Před 4 měsíci

    I've been looking forward to this

  • @josephzelezniak5227
    @josephzelezniak5227 Před 3 měsíci

    Thank you for your passion! This stuff is great.

  • @wendyfarrowartist
    @wendyfarrowartist Před 3 měsíci

    You are brilliant in so many ways. The linear algebra story with Heisenberg had me in tears. Keep doing what you do!

  • @Muladeseis
    @Muladeseis Před 3 měsíci +2

    No, gracias a ti por estos dos vídeos largos! Ya estaré viendo con paciencia los otros de tu canal. 👍

  • @vinniepeterss
    @vinniepeterss Před 3 měsíci

    Highly appriciated for your work man❤

  • @TheDavinatorW
    @TheDavinatorW Před 3 měsíci

    What an amazing video. Loved it

  • @user-lo9ql4lz3h
    @user-lo9ql4lz3h Před 3 měsíci +2

    Good job Fer!!… once again, you have shown us how fun it can be to learn complex scientific concepts. You have a unique ability to understand and "translate" mathematics and physics using friendly language and analogies. You should be in the academia! Greetings🍻🥂

  • @zenshade2000
    @zenshade2000 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Hands down the best expositor of complex scientific ideas I've ever seen!

    • @HighlyEntropicMind
      @HighlyEntropicMind  Před 3 měsíci +1

      you just have to understand many simple things that together make single complex thing

  • @Devilhunter69
    @Devilhunter69 Před 4 měsíci +3

    FINALLY YOU UPLOADED

  • @tomtln8737
    @tomtln8737 Před 4 měsíci +5

    It's here!!

  • @pon8785
    @pon8785 Před 13 dny

    I rarely ever comment on videos but I feel like your channel is just so awesome that I have to support it in every way I can. It’s really incredible how you can convey complex information in such a fun and memorable way. I am currently in my second semester of studying physics and not too long ago I found out that I actually have ADHD which is something that I recently have started to really struggle with. Your videos are playing a huge part in keeping me motivated throughout this journey. You are an inspiration and I hope you can keep blessing us with these works of art!💫

  • @O0kala
    @O0kala Před 2 měsíci

    The 'does the box stink or not' axis cracks me up every time.

  • @th3magist3r
    @th3magist3r Před 4 měsíci

    Thank you for this awesome video!!!

  • @MikeyG_f-of-x
    @MikeyG_f-of-x Před 3 měsíci

    Your videos are EXCELLENT!!!
    THANK YOU

  • @magnusmalabre.
    @magnusmalabre. Před 3 měsíci

    Just watched both episodes back to back and I must say that this was brilliant. I did my degree in Physics and while I've had a decent foundation in the principles of quantum mechanics there has been some gaps in my understanding. These videos have really helped me build a better intuition for this subject, I'm really looking forward to the rest of this series. Also, 19:53, Introduction to Electrodynamics by Griffiths is hands down my favorite Physics textbook. His writing style really feels like you're having a conversation with him and the material is pretty easy to digest.

  • @FirstLast-oe2jm
    @FirstLast-oe2jm Před 3 měsíci

    Very very VERY great videos! I come from the math side of all of this so hearing it actually explained as physics is incredible, and your content is funny to boot! Keep up the great work!

  • @evilotis01
    @evilotis01 Před 2 měsíci +1

    this is so good. the explanation of moving from an asymmetrical probability space to one that's plotted on the unit circle, and how that gives rise to amplitudes that need to be squared to generate probabilities, was a real light bulb moment for me

    • @HighlyEntropicMind
      @HighlyEntropicMind  Před 2 měsíci +2

      Thank you, people like you make all that work worth it

    • @evilotis01
      @evilotis01 Před 2 měsíci

      @@HighlyEntropicMind seriously, no, thank YOU-for making the effort to write and record this, for putting it on the internet for free, and for sharing your knowledge! it's taken me a month to get through this video, just watching it in parts now and then, and it's been like reading a good book on the subject. there have been multiple light bulb moments, and i genuinely feel like i have a way better grasp of the concepts involved than i did when i started. you are a really good teacher and i can't wait for the next one!

  • @brooksherron8242
    @brooksherron8242 Před měsícem

    Amazing review. Ty!

  • @MrKyltpzyxm
    @MrKyltpzyxm Před 3 měsíci

    I love this style of video. It's the perfect antidote to "shut up and calculate."
    I'm not going to claim to understand everything here, but I greatly appreciate having all of the historical context. Not just oh hey this is spin and this is why it's represented like this here's your equation done. But the actual full history of these are the questions they were trying to answer these are the experiments that they did to try to answer those questions these are the questions that were brought up by those experiments these are the equations that finally resulted from putting together these decades of investigation.
    It really takes a topic that can seem very opaque from the outside and unfolds it into an array of colorful and accessible stories.

  • @jasonbrault5273
    @jasonbrault5273 Před 3 měsíci

    OMG, I love these. Will keep watching as long as you are making them. (Will probably rewatch them as well to take notes and challenge my understanding).
    Your lessons remind me of Feynman

  • @gnarcassis8775
    @gnarcassis8775 Před 3 měsíci

    That was a really good video. I found it randomly but you interested me til the end. And now I finally understand matrices :D

  • @happywithsugar7394
    @happywithsugar7394 Před 2 měsíci

    incredible accomplishment of a video! extremely clear, very engaging, detailed, the works

    • @HighlyEntropicMind
      @HighlyEntropicMind  Před 2 měsíci

      thank you! please share it so that more people will see it (and so that I get paid)

    • @happywithsugar7394
      @happywithsugar7394 Před 2 měsíci

      one of those videos im so excited to let simmer in my head for a week and then come back and watch again and repeat that process for months

  • @ganjiblobflankis6581
    @ganjiblobflankis6581 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Heisenberg is a great illustration of how knowledge and intelligence are separate quantities.

  • @Abbathy
    @Abbathy Před 3 měsíci

    Thank you so much for this video! I'm currently halfway thru my QM class was beginning to feel a bit lost in the math. You've really helped ground my thinking.
    That being said, the whole time I was watching your video I had this sense of unreality. It took me the full two hours of watching to realize that it was because my desktop wallpaper was the same as your background. I guess I was just too engrossed to notice.

    • @HighlyEntropicMind
      @HighlyEntropicMind  Před 3 měsíci +1

      You are the kind of person I made this video for. I too struggled a lot to learn these things so I decided to create the resources I wish I had had

  • @akf2000
    @akf2000 Před 3 měsíci

    I was waiting for a new video! Thank you, will make sure I drop you a Kofi

  • @shazmunchdylbertoid
    @shazmunchdylbertoid Před 4 měsíci +1

    hell yeah watching this asap

  • @gi99hf60
    @gi99hf60 Před 3 měsíci

    Awesome work

  • @michallacko7347
    @michallacko7347 Před 3 měsíci

    When I was learning QM decade ago, we started totally from the opposite end. We were defining algebra and all those magical terms like unity, transpose, determinant. Later, much later, we started to develop QM theory and I have learned how to do the math, but I have never understood what was I doing with those spin vectors. Try to imagine associativity or unitarity just from its definition... Well, now, 5 years after I got PhD in physics, I know the answer.😅 Maybe I am just a nerd (no, I clearly have to be one), but watching videos like this makes my day. Oh crap, now I will be thinking about determinants the whole week...

  • @oscarf2840
    @oscarf2840 Před 4 měsíci +2

    1:42:19 Animations department 🤣 It is always great working with you

  • @vextorite
    @vextorite Před 4 měsíci

    Finally! Lemme get a snack before I watch this

  • @lilbitesgames385
    @lilbitesgames385 Před 3 měsíci

    hearing you exclaim the end of the video was so disorienting. realizing 3 hours went by like that. you paced this seiries phenomenally and I'm sure to watch the remaining when you get to them.

  • @jelenahegser445
    @jelenahegser445 Před 3 měsíci +1

    fantastic video! I just love, how you combine comedy and quantum physics, and youre spanish accent is adoroble! although.... i really do like pilot wave theory... just kidding, go on with this video style and take the time you need for them!

  • @btizzlenba7705
    @btizzlenba7705 Před 3 měsíci

    I was struggling with flux but this is a neat explanation. Now to understand spin...

  • @disgruntledwookie369
    @disgruntledwookie369 Před 4 měsíci

    Great video btw :)

  • @jelenahegser445
    @jelenahegser445 Před 3 měsíci

    i really whould like to here a ful lecture series in university held by you! Youre such a good explainer!

  • @lucasfreire1090
    @lucasfreire1090 Před 4 měsíci +1

    This is insane. You are insane. Thank you

  • @4984christian
    @4984christian Před 4 měsíci

    This video was polarizing 🎉

  • @cryptonative
    @cryptonative Před 4 měsíci +9

    Yes!

    • @Devilhunter69
      @Devilhunter69 Před 4 měsíci

      I was waiting for this vid for so long

  • @aleksandarmilenkovic5861
    @aleksandarmilenkovic5861 Před měsícem

    You are the best.

  • @chedagoz7145
    @chedagoz7145 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Amazing effort. Let's share, like, subscribe and comment so the algorithm notices.

  • @KANA-rd8bz
    @KANA-rd8bz Před 4 měsíci

    id love to here, now, sincerely appreciate your video❤❤ i find it very. very! inspiring

  • @DemonicMind
    @DemonicMind Před 3 měsíci +1

    1:11:10 Honestly I can understand how Heisenberg must have felt. I spent six months trying to come up with my own definitions and formalizations to build a system within linear algebra that could describe other geometric properties. Then I learned I was basically trying to build Clifford algebras from scratch.

  • @dravera2284
    @dravera2284 Před 3 měsíci

    I LOVE THE EXPLANATION OF i IN THIS VIDEO!!

  • @tomasmach2272
    @tomasmach2272 Před 4 měsíci

    OMG thanks so much

  • @sutionojoyodiningrat3610
    @sutionojoyodiningrat3610 Před 2 měsíci

    Love ur videos man!,!,!,!,!

  • @AathielVaDaath
    @AathielVaDaath Před 3 měsíci

    Dude.. you are such a dork. I love it! I wish I were able to be a patron but as I can not, I would love to help in other ways

  • @shaunloates5051
    @shaunloates5051 Před 3 měsíci

    Love the math for the meta verse..😮❤😂.so fine.bonus ..very much fun!

  • @ellarb8588
    @ellarb8588 Před 4 měsíci +4

    Finally out🎉 I've been waiting for this one ever since the 1st came out, I think this series is a must-watch to understand all the thought process that lies beneath all of quantum physics. Very useful, and a big part of what made me really look into the subject😊

  • @alphgeek
    @alphgeek Před 2 měsíci

    49:41 I cracked up laughing 😂😂😂😂 great video and a great explanation of some difficult concepts.

  • @shaunmodipane1
    @shaunmodipane1 Před 4 měsíci +2

    The biggest issue in physics is that rather than naming the phenomenon measured by an experiment, we could make up a thing that explains the phenomenon without thinking of the logical consequences of thinking of that thing.
    For example, in biology evolution is the process of change in heritable traits over a population. This definition of evolution is what biologists "measure", in the Fossel record or wherever void they find themselves, rather than saying "Evolution is a force that causes the change in heritable traits over a population", you see i made up a thing that explains what we measure/observe, yes both definitions are equivalent in exampling what biologist measures but one definition has logical consequence that grows/benefit the field and the other hinders the field in confusion, e.g. what kind of forces acts of the population.
    So moving back to physics, rather than saying: that dark matter is matter that doesn't interact with light and is spread in a galaxy, we could say dark matter is a phenomenon in which stars in a galaxy rotate fast than expected; gravity is a field that causes objects with mass to attract each other, we could say gravity is the interaction between particles with mass; finally sticking to the video, spin is a quantum number that cause electrons to have a magnetic moment, we could say spin is the magnetic moment of an electron.
    Now here is the kicker, I said making up shit hinders the field of physics in confusion BUT, a very big but, sometimes making up shit opens you to a whole world of explanation power, for example, Fardays's electromagnetic which he made up to explain how currents effect a compass at a distance. This made up idea we call fields is used to explain phenomena from relativity to particle physics.
    So in conclusion, making upvery could be every powerful or harmful to the field. Thanks for reading my Ted Talk. Please like and subscribe to the Highly Entropic Mind channel he is a great storyteller.

    • @declandougan7243
      @declandougan7243 Před 4 měsíci

      However, In evolutionary theory, we say that mutations are responsible for the evolution organisms undergo. Suffice it to say that in some contexts, it makes sense to use empirical observation of the evolutionary changes in organisms to create a model, and in others the molecular machinery that make up said organisms is necessary to consider.
      For dark matter, the latter model “invisible particles that feel gravitation” is far more useful, as the only thing you need in order to explain every resultant phenomenon such as faster rotation of galaxies, can be given by a single mass distribution function, and time evolving according to general relativity.

  • @zionfultz8495
    @zionfultz8495 Před 4 měsíci

    Now that was a commitment, great video though!

  • @tissuepaper9962
    @tissuepaper9962 Před 4 měsíci +1

    After watching this I feel like I can go back to the "Spinors for Beginners" series and actually follow it.

    • @HighlyEntropicMind
      @HighlyEntropicMind  Před 4 měsíci

      I FORGOT TO MENTION EIGENCHRISS! Yes, his videos are amazing, but if I knew nothing about spin I wouldn't be able to follow them

  • @nettyfelix1979
    @nettyfelix1979 Před 3 měsíci

    Wooow!! Que gran video

  • @beamshooter
    @beamshooter Před 3 měsíci

    After dwelling on this video for a day, I came to an interesting realization.
    If we can represent values of probablitiy arbitrarily, then consider the following representation:
    1 => certainty of spin up
    0 => 50% chance spin up
    -1 => certainty of not spin up
    Then we can see how:
    -1 => certainty of spin down
    0 => 50% chance spin down
    1 => certainty of not spin down
    Thus the probability space would match the physical state space.
    With such a representation, each cardinal direction is also represented as an orthogonal state.
    For example pure spin left state means the vector has value 0 in spin up/down and spin forward/back as we expect, since 0 is 50% probability in this representation.

  • @ascarylobster
    @ascarylobster Před 2 měsíci

    Dang how did I not see that you posted this?!? Shucks I’ve been waiting so much longer than I needed to…
    I’m sorry …

  • @user-qh9vh2me9v
    @user-qh9vh2me9v Před 3 měsíci

    Hey there, wanted to say that that's an AMAZING video and an amazing continuation to the first video and thank you for making them both and making me want to study quantum physics in depth! Also have a question, ever since I learned about the sigma matrices it was always bugging me out - why does the second matrix involve (i)'s and all the other ones don't, what's so special about it and the y direction it represents in quantum state space? (if I correctly understood it)

  • @skilz8098
    @skilz8098 Před 4 měsíci

    Nice video. You ought to cover some other related topics such as Euler's Formula, Euler's Identity, Gimbal Lock, Quaternions, Fourier Series and Fourier Transforms, etc... Maybe even dive into other topics such as Lagrange and Laplace transforms, the Gamma Function, the Zeta Function and how they're all related not just mathematically but also physically.

    • @HighlyEntropicMind
      @HighlyEntropicMind  Před 4 měsíci +1

      Uff, dude, I'd liek to cover all those things, but sadly I've only got one life

    • @skilz8098
      @skilz8098 Před 4 měsíci

      @@HighlyEntropicMind Lol... Yeah, I get that, but a little bit at a time is all we can do. At least it leaves you with plenty of topics / content / cover material for potential future videos.

  • @tulpamedia
    @tulpamedia Před měsícem

    That core bit is so funny hahaha

  • @souleymanediallo9179
    @souleymanediallo9179 Před 3 měsíci

    Good and very nice and also cool

  • @TomCrockett-bl1gp
    @TomCrockett-bl1gp Před 3 měsíci

    I feel your frustration 😂

  • @MessedUpSystem
    @MessedUpSystem Před 3 měsíci

    SU(2) is also important in Loop Quantum Gravity, after doing the 3+1 decomposition the theory is built with a SU(2) connection called the Ashtekar connection which is a linear combination of the 3D projection of the spin connection with the extrinsic curvature

  • @sonarbangla8711
    @sonarbangla8711 Před 3 měsíci

    Abstract algebra is so beautiful. Simply breathtaking. I cannot wat to see the beauty of SU(3) and U(1). Please.

    • @HighlyEntropicMind
      @HighlyEntropicMind  Před 3 měsíci

      Thank you, although first we have to talk about matter waves, about using SU(2) on protons and neutrons, about the Strong Nuclear Force and then we can finally talk about SU(3), no idea when I'm going to introduce U(1)

    • @sonarbangla8711
      @sonarbangla8711 Před 3 měsíci

      I have all the patience and I will wait. Thank you.@@HighlyEntropicMind

  • @onewolfhowls7670
    @onewolfhowls7670 Před 4 měsíci

    I love your shirt.

    • @HighlyEntropicMind
      @HighlyEntropicMind  Před 4 měsíci +1

      You'll love the one I'm gonna use in the next video. I plan to use a different one in each video

  • @ShandyTheMan
    @ShandyTheMan Před 3 měsíci +2

    Pilot wave theory isn't as dubious a theory as the consensus would suggest. The nails in its coffin have since been removed, most notably, the issues surrounding localised variables of a wave. However I'm not for a minute trying to suggest that Pilot wave is in anyway a better interpretation than the others. The fact is that Quatum Theory is practically 0% complete and instead what we have is a bunch of mathematical tools we can use to accurately predict probabilities for future states and interactions of particle fields without really giving us any intuition of why.

  • @quantum4everyone
    @quantum4everyone Před 4 měsíci

    When you discuss separating light, this is usually done with a diffraction grating rather than a prism. I suspect because the prism must absorb some light. But, when you discuss generating the state vectors from the probabilities, you do not have sufficient information to do this, as you need the relative phases of the different components, and a simple probability measurement will not do that for you (giving you just the magnitude of the component, but not the phase). The strategy to get those is called quantum state tomography and it can be done for simple systems, but the complexity grows exponentially for more complex state vectors.

    • @HighlyEntropicMind
      @HighlyEntropicMind  Před 4 měsíci

      You are absolutely right. That part wasn't on the script but rather I improvised it on the day of recording because I thought the video needed a more concrete example. I knew it wasn't perfect but I hope you agree with me that it does help people to understand how these vectors are real

    • @quantum4everyone
      @quantum4everyone Před 4 měsíci

      @@HighlyEntropicMind What is particularly nice about this example is it illustrates the proper way experiments are actually done--by setting up the geometry and state preparation so that a counting experiment can measure in this case the energy of the particle. Note how this experiment is nothing like the von Neumann measurement paradigm of entangling with a classical device, nor does it have any question about when measurement occurs--it occurs when the photon is changed to an electron in the metal part of the photomultiplier tube, which is then amplified so the current can be measured to count the single photon. Collapse plays no role, because the photon is destroyed.

  • @evilotis01
    @evilotis01 Před 4 měsíci

    oh shit it's out!

  • @solapowsj25
    @solapowsj25 Před 3 měsíci

    Deflection is a magnetic event. A point source of force with linear displacement, electric deviation perpendicular to the line, and the magnetic loop of deflection where spin is measured.

  • @PTM41095
    @PTM41095 Před 4 měsíci

    54:33 experiment to measure the phase of an spin state: atomic clocks. Particularly something called Ramsey spectroscopy. Here, atoms are place in a given superposition of state throughout rotations of its spin and a phase is measure. Some things to google for those interested could be atomic clocks, NMR and Ramsey spectroscopy :)

  • @maedhros9285
    @maedhros9285 Před 4 měsíci +1

    34:22
    Makes an entire 2h video about the mathematics of spin.
    Fails to add two double digit numbers.
    (To be clear, I'm joking, the video is awesome!)

  • @marktoffoli9186
    @marktoffoli9186 Před 4 měsíci

    Holy shit boys it dropped

  • @Sonic_Shroom
    @Sonic_Shroom Před 3 měsíci

    Trying to figure out where the energy comes from to align the spins. Is it the kinetic energy from the partical moving. Does it slow down as it passes through the sg device?

    • @HighlyEntropicMind
      @HighlyEntropicMind  Před 3 měsíci

      It's not about energy, it's about momentum
      Think of magnetic fields as ramps. A ramp doesn't have any energy and it doesn't apply any force, but if an object is already moving it will change its movement
      This is the reason the formula for the magnetic force is F = qv x B, you need to have velocity to feel the magnetic field
      Now, if an electron goes up momentum must be conserved, which means that the SG device got an equal amount of momentum down, and since it's resting on the Earth, the whole planet acquired that downwards momentum
      This is the same that happens when you throw a ball, you make the entire planet have that much momentum in the opposite direction
      However as you can imagine the Earth is so big the effect of this is imperceptible

  • @RCaIabraro
    @RCaIabraro Před 3 měsíci

    I feel like quantum probability waves say something counterintuitive about the nature of time. Like maybe one day, a different understanding of time will make all this jazz make sense.

    • @HighlyEntropicMind
      @HighlyEntropicMind  Před 3 měsíci +1

      interesting, maybe
      As BMO once said: Time is an illusion that helps things make sense, so that we're always living in the present tense. It seems unforgiving when a good thing ends, but you and I will always be back then

  • @SpartacusBurch
    @SpartacusBurch Před 3 měsíci +1

    Incredible Video! Do you think you will ever do a video like this about how u(1), and localizing the this symmetry with a gauge field leads to actual physical exhanges of energy and momentum that emerge into electromagnetic interactions between charges? Im a chemistry guy and it seems like almost the entire field emerges from the existence of electric charge alone. I'd love to know more about how it fundamentally emerges.

  • @feverennui
    @feverennui Před 3 měsíci

    “I think the new number is going to be i” wow all the math videos i watch and enjoy and barely(read: do not) understand have led me to get one thing right lets go

    • @HighlyEntropicMind
      @HighlyEntropicMind  Před 3 měsíci

      * Imagine a martial arts teacher from a chinese movie saying this *
      Finally, after training, you can see it too