What Is A Particle? A Visual Explanation of Quantum Field Theory

To learn the concepts discussed in detail, go to: -- you can sign up for free! The first 200 people will get 20% off their annual membership. Reference video: Particles or waves: Quantum Field theory: Chapters: 0:00 - History of the particle 1:22 - Wave particle duality 4:22- Where Schrodinger equation fails 5:10 - What is quantum field theory 5:54 - A simple QFT visualization 10:11 - What does Fundamental mean? 11:22 - What is the best definition of a particle? Summary: Ask 10 physicists what a particle is: you’ll get 10 different answers. Quantum mechanics showed via the Schrodinger equation, that quantum objects are not particles but waves smeared out in space, until the moment we measure it. They are described by a mathematical term called a wave-function. It doesn’t tell us where a particle is, but only the probability of where it might be if we measured it
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