What is Quantum?

Posted on May 17, 2020May 19, 2020 Posted in PhysicsTagged Communication, Interpretation, Particle, Quantum, Quantum Communication, quantumphysics, Schroedingers Cat2 Comments

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A friend of mine recently suggested a documentary to me about the mind’s healing power. Terrible pseudoscience all around, but it landed some nice points about stress. Nevertheless, I was horrified at how easy the word quantum was dropped, without any context, and any reason. And this is not an isolated event, I have seen this trend for some time. And I think that is not only a trend in the circles of pseudoscience. In science-fiction and superhero movies for instance, quantum jargon is used as mumbojumbo and plot devices, admittedly a whole more harmless way. However, with buzzwords like quantum healing or quantum consciousness on the rise, we physicists must take a stand and clarify what does the word quantum really mean.

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Extreme Microscoping. Part II.

Posted on September 16, 2018May 8, 2020 Posted in PhysicsTagged Art, Art in Science, Communication, Digital Art, Experiments, Graphic Design, Illustration, Introduction, Many Body Physics, Nuclear, Particle, Quantum, ScienceLeave a comment

Things are about to get messy.

Give me a moment of your day, and let me put a picture in your mind. Imagine you and a friend each have a soup in a plate, and each soup has two carrot pieces, one potato and not so much broth in it. You are bored, it is a slow afternoon, so you decide to perform a little experiment.

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The Hitchhikers Guide to Many Body Physics

Posted on April 12, 2018September 6, 2018 Posted in PhysicsTagged Art, Art in Science, Blog, Blogging, Communication, Dictionary, Digital Art, Jargon, Layman, Many Body Physics, MBP, Outreach, Physics, Science, Science Communication1 Comment

Science can be sometimes daunting for the unexperienced. Have you ever seen a scientific talk, or read a paper? There tends to be a lot of jargon flying around, circling the speaker to then buzz aggressively around the audience before it goes out the windows into the oblivion of the coffee break.

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Many Body Physics

Posted on April 6, 2018May 21, 2020 Posted in PhysicsTagged Art, Art in Science, Blog, Blogging, Communication, Digital Art, Introduction, Layman, Many Body Physics, MBP, Outreach, Physics, Science, Science Communication1 Comment

We really should have started with some fancy quote, spoken in the past, and reverberating into the ages to come. But we didn’t. So let’s start instead with a small experiment. Fill a cup with something. No, not coffee, we know you were thinking about it. Something clear. You need to see through it. You also need to have some little pieces of something floating homogeneously around in your cup, like chia seeds once they are really squishy, or that weird aloe drink they sell at the supermarket. The latter, in fact, proves to be the best for this experiment.

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