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    Theoretical Physics - From Outer Space to Plasma

    Theoretical Physics - From Outer Space to Plasma

    Theoretical Physics - From Outer Space to Plasma

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    86 episodes
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Description

    Learn about quantum mechanics, black holes, dark matter, plasma, particle accelerators, the Large Hadron Collider and other key Theoretical Physics topics. The Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics holds morning sessions consisting of three talks, pitched to explain an area of our research to an audience familiar with physics at about second-year undergraduate level.
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Episodes1 - 10 of 86 episodes

    Title

    The Miracle of Quantum Error Correction

    In this talk, Benedikt Placke introduces QEC and explains how the unique interplay betw...

    46 minutes
    		Mar 15, 2024

    Simulating physics beyond computer power

    In this talk Alessio Lerose discusses the seminal idea of simulating Nature via a contr...

    57 minutes
    		Mar 15, 2024

    A liquid of quarks and gluons

    Jasmine Brewer covers recent progress on studying the properties of the quark-gluon pla...

    33 minutes
    		Mar 15, 2024

    Possible sources for the gravitational wave background

    Dr Yonadav Barry Ginat - Possible sources for the gravitational wave background The det...

    47 minutes
    		Nov 28, 2023

    Searching for the origin of black hole mergers in the Universe with gravitational waves

    Prof Bence Kocsis - Searching for the origin of black hole mergers in the Universe with...

    46 minutes
    		Nov 28, 2023

    Gravitational radiation: an overview

    Prof Steven Balbus - Gravitational radiation: an overview General Relativity, Einstein’...

    68 minutes
    		Nov 28, 2023

    How the weird and wonderful properties of magnetised laser plasmas could ignite fusion-energy research

    Archie Bott explains how a promising scheme for fusion relies on a novel feature of hot...

    43 minutes
    		Jun 02, 2023

    Stellarators: twisty tokamaks that could be the future of fusion

    Georgia Acton introduces stellarators, discusses the features that distinguish them fro...

    36 minutes
    		Jun 02, 2023

    Magnetic confinement fusion: Science that’s hotter than a Kardashian Instagram post

    Michael Barnes introduces the basic concepts behind magnetic confinement fusion, he des...

    41 minutes
    		Jun 02, 2023

    The spaghettification of stars by supermassive black holes: understanding one of nature’s most extreme events

    The spaghettification of stars by supermassive black holes: understanding one of nature...

    39 minutes
    		Mar 03, 2023