Chapter
The Mystery of Gravitational Waves and Gravitons
35:44 - 42:37 (06:52)
The existence of gravitational waves has now been proven, but in order to confirm the existence of gravitons we must demonstrate that these waves carry energy in energy packets. The seemingly coincidental arrangement of the forces ordering them from weakest to strongest, similarly poses a mystery.
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Physicist James Gates explains that there are two buckets needed to build the universe: matter and the forces that act on matter.
35:44 - 36:48 (01:04)
Summary
Physicist James Gates explains that there are two buckets needed to build the universe: matter and the forces that act on matter. Matter has two types of particles, fermions and bosons, while forces have carrier particles called hagerons.
ChapterThe Mystery of Gravitational Waves and Gravitons
EpisodeJim Gates: Supersymmetry, String Theory and Proving Einstein Right
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
Duke Professors have discovered a way to make light behave like an atom by confining light to a single photon, producing quantum mechanical behavior that could revolutionize computing.
36:48 - 38:05 (01:17)
Summary
Duke Professors have discovered a way to make light behave like an atom by confining light to a single photon, producing quantum mechanical behavior that could revolutionize computing.
ChapterThe Mystery of Gravitational Waves and Gravitons
EpisodeJim Gates: Supersymmetry, String Theory and Proving Einstein Right
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The podcast discusses the discovery, hypothesis, and experimental validation of bosons and fermions, with a special focus on the mysterious graviton which is associated with Einstein's theory of spacetime.
38:05 - 40:01 (01:55)
Summary
The podcast discusses the discovery, hypothesis, and experimental validation of bosons and fermions, with a special focus on the mysterious graviton which is associated with Einstein's theory of spacetime.
ChapterThe Mystery of Gravitational Waves and Gravitons
EpisodeJim Gates: Supersymmetry, String Theory and Proving Einstein Right
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The forces in the universe are ordered in a specific way, with gravity being the weakest and the strong force being the strongest.
40:01 - 42:37 (02:36)
Summary
The forces in the universe are ordered in a specific way, with gravity being the weakest and the strong force being the strongest. Gravitational waves have been observed with LIGO and it is believed that they exist in quanta form, but proving that these waves carry energy in this way is necessary to prove the existence of gravitons.