These podcasts discuss fundamental particles as the smallest known building blocks of the universe, categorized in the Standard Model of particle physics. While initially conceived as discrete particles, like small marbles, these podcasts emphasize that the modern understanding, rooted in Quantum Field Theory (QFT), describes them as quantized excitations or vibrations within underlying quantum fields that permeate all of spacetime. These fields, not the particles themselves, are considered the true fundamental nature of reality, with forces explained by the exchange of force-carrier particles (bosons), which are also field excitations. The concept of particles exhibiting both wave and particle-like behavior, or wave-particle duality, is explained, and the phenomenon of quantum entanglement, where the properties of linked particles are non-locally correlated, is explored as a crucial aspect of quantum mechanics and future technologies.
All Fundamental Forces and Particles Visually Explained
What Is A Particle? A Explanation of Quantum Field Theory
Particle or Wave? Unpacking the Nature of Quantum Objects
Quantum Field Theory Visualized
Quantum Fields: The Most Beautiful Theory in Physics!
Why Don't Quantum Effects Occur In Large Objects?