The Island of Stability

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The Island of Stability

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Feb 24, 2018

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Randy tells Jim about the island of stability: a theoretically predicted oasis of stable nuclear isotopes that researchers keep getting nearer and nearer to discovering. Randy and Jim talk about what they are, how researchers are trying to produce the isotopes, and the theoretical methods that predict their existence.Show Notes: http://frontiers.physicsfm.com/24

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Feb 24, 2018

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Jim Rantschler and Randy Morrison discuss physics from elementary particles to cosmological effects at the limits of our theoretical knowledge or have recently emerged.

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f(R) Theories of Gravity: Jim and Randy discuss gravitational theories that modify general relativity by changing the actio... by Physics Frontiers
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Vacuum Fluctuations and the Casimir Effect: Jim and Randy discuss how vacuum fluctuations produce the van der Waals forces and the Casimir ef... by Physics Frontiers
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The de Broglie-Bohm Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics: Jim talks to Randy about the pilot wave interpretation of quantum mechanics, which separates the ... by Physics Frontiers
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Stochastic Resonance Energy Harvesting: Randy tells Jim about ways in which external vibrations can be used to do useful work in large-sc... by Physics Frontiers
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Five Proven Methods of Levitation: Randy shows Jim five different ways in which a body can be levitated: by magnetism, by supercondu... by Physics Frontiers
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Pilot Wave Hydrodynamics: Randy and Jim discuss a physical analogy to quantum mechanics consisting of a droplet of fluid bo... by Physics Frontiers
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G4V: Four Vector Potential Gravitation: Randy talks to Jim about Carver Mead's G4V, a formulation of gravitation combining the equivalenc... by Physics Frontiers
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Dark Energy: Randy helps Jim get a handle on Dark Energy. Why do we need it? What could it be? What does it... by Physics Frontiers
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Phononics: Randy tells Jim about the emerging field of Phononics: using quantum particles of heat in materia... by Physics Frontiers
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The Physics of Time Travel: Randy and Jim talk about traveling through through time, discussing relativity and, in particular... by Physics Frontiers
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The Origin of Inertia: Randy tells Jim about a scheme that uses Mach's Principle - the idea that there is a preferred ba... by Physics Frontiers
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Stochastic Electrodynamics: Randy explains Stochastic Electrodynamics to Jim, the theory that vacuum fluctuations are the cau... by Physics Frontiers
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Gravitoelectromagnetism: Randy talks to Jim about gravitoelectromagnetism. Based on the similarity between Newtonian grav... by Physics Frontiers
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Virtual Gravitational Dipoles: Randy discusses what the Cosmological implications of a negative gravitational mass would be with... by Physics Frontiers
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Antimatter Production at a Potential Boundary: Randy shows Jim an idea for generating antimatter using the Casimir effect that doesn't require a... by Physics Frontiers
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Time Crystals: Jim talks to Randy about structures that are periodic in time like crystals are periodic in space... by Physics Frontiers
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The Island of Stability: Randy tells Jim about the island of stability: a theoretically predicted oasis of stable nuclear ... by Physics Frontiers
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Requirements for Alternative Gravity Theories: In this episode Jim and Randy talk about how to evaluate alternative gravity theories. What sort... by Physics Frontiers
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The Gravitational Equivalence Principles: Jim talks to Randy about the different ways in which the equivalence principle of general relativ... by Physics Frontiers
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Exotic Photon Trajectories in Quantum Mechanics: Jim and Randy discuss strange trajectories observed in triple slit experiments with metallic plat... by Physics Frontiers
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The Einstein-Cartan Torsion Field Theory: Randy explains to Jim theories on how to incorporate a native angular momentum into general relat... by Physics Frontiers
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A Gravitational Arrow of Time: Jim and Randy discuss a cosmological theory that purports to find an explanation for the arrow of... by Physics Frontiers
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Entropic Gravity: Jim and Randy discuss Eric Verlinde's theory thermodynamic theory of gravity. This theory purpor... by Physics Frontiers
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Gravitational Field Propulsion: Randy introduces Jim to several ways in which people have theorized that gravity can be used to p... by Physics Frontiers
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The Consistent Histories Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics: Jim and Randy discuss the consistent histories interpretation of quantum mechanics. The brainchil... by Physics Frontiers
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Negative Effective Mass: Randy tells Jim about experiments with Neutrons and Photons in materials that exhibit negative ef... by Physics Frontiers
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Photonic Molecules and Optical Circuits: Randy tells Jim about photonic molecules, pairs of photons that create bound states like molecule... by Physics Frontiers
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Tunneling Time: Jim talks to Randy about the amount of time it takes for an electron to tunnel through a forbidde... by Physics Frontiers
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The 2T Physics of Itzhak Bars: Randy tells Jim about a theory that complements other theories of fundamental physics based upon ... by Physics Frontiers
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The Quantum Vacuum and the Casimir Effect: Jim and Randy review two very convincing papers that make the claim that the Casimir effect is du... by Physics Frontiers
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Episode 59: The Hubble Crisis: Randy and Jim discuss the current tension between measurements of the Hubble constant by differen... by Physics Frontiers
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Episode 58: Phantom Matter: Jim and Randy talk about the Higgs portal to dark matter and the nightmare scenario for particle ... by Physics Frontiers
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