Do Aliens Speak Physics with Daniel Whiteson

I will be unable to provide more detailed links for a few days: Whiteson, Daniel, Do Aliens Speak Phyiscs?. Norton (2025).[Amazon] Daniel and Kelly's Extraordinary Unvierse I was having some problems with Audacity, and I don't think they showed up here, but if you're listening and you hear me cussing out the computer, please let me know with a time stamp.

Quantum Random Access Memory with Koustubh Phalak

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Recorded: 2025/01/08 Released: 2025/09/30

Jim talks with Koustubh Phalak about quantum random access memory (QRAM), a proposed technology that would allow the storage of quantum states in qunatum computation. Koustubh discusses quantum computing, the need for QRAM, proposed implementations of QRAM, and some of the difficulties in its implementation. ------------------------------------------- Notes: 1. The articles that we discussed for this program:

• Phalak, K., A. Chatterjee, S. Ghosh, "Quantum Random Access Memory for Dummies." Sensors 23(17), 7462 (2023) [arXiv]

2. Related Episodes of Physics Frontiers:

• Physics Frontiers 78: Quantum Machine Learning with Bruna Shinohara
• Physics Frontiers 73: Quantum Money with Jiahui Liu

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Pixelated Space Time with Philip Tee

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Recorded: 2024/12/19 Released: 2025/02/09

Jim talks with Philip Tee about the effects of having a pixelated space time. Phil uses doubly special relativity and quantum feild theory to explore models for spacetimes that are fundmentally discrete. Here he looks for tangible results in light bending and the Casimir effect.
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1. The articles that we discussed for this program:

• Davies, P.C.W. and P. Tee, "The Quantum Vacuum of Spacetime with a Fundamental Length." Phys. Rev. D 110 025009 (2024) [arXiv]
• Tee, P. and N. Jafari, "Fundamental length scale and the bending of light in a gravitational field." Eur. Phys. J. C 82, 571 (2022) [ arXiv ]

2. Related Episodes of Physics Frontiers:

• Physics Frontiers 72: Born's Rule and Qunatum Gravity with Antony Valentini
• Physics Frontiers 62: Deformed Special Relativity
• Physics Frontiers 45: Loop Qunatum Gravity
• Physics Frontiers 28: Quantum Vacuum the Casimir Effect
• Physics Frontiers 8: Vacuum Fluctuations and the Casimir Effect

3. Books mentioned in this podcast:

• Rovellio, C. and F. Vidotto, Covariant Loop Quantum Gravity, [Amazon] Cambridge (2022). This is the book I was referring to in the podcast.
• Gradshteyn, I.S. and I.M. Ryzhik Tables of Integrals, Series, and Products.[Amazon] I bought my copy used thirty-five years ago. I constantly used it, but now I almost always use Wolfram Alpha.

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