montechristo

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New frog just dropped!!!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Hmmm… Rotisserie frog :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Don't fret, check your spam folder⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Typical transition frequencies between two levels of an atom are 10^15Hz. The coupling between atoms and light is on the order of the decay rate at which photons are transmitted, which sits around 10^6Hz.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Don't fret, check your spam folder⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I describe the atoms using a so called Lindblad master equation. The atoms are kept in this description, but the light field is eliminated using two assumptions:

  1. The coupling between the two is very weak.
  2. Correlations between the two decay so fast that this can be considered instantaneous.

  The later produces white noise.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Don't fret, check your spam folder⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I work on quantum systems coupled to noisy environments (noisy as in causing random fluctuations). Atoms coupled to a light field are my specialty. I just got invited by a predatory journal in the field of acoustics, vibrations and noise?!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unholy Physics⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank god the universe is purely described using linear algebra.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Infinity⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Lovely picture! Either I don’t get the meme part or I can’t find Saddam.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Seconds⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you ever find yourself among theoretical physicists and/or astrophysicists and need a conversation starter, just ask about unit systems or unit less/natural measurement systems. There is no other profession that is more obsessed about that topic.

  Just to put this here:

  ħ=1

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Calling All Athiests⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Everything I see a reference to Jackson I can only think of this…

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm-4PltMB2A&t=91

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I've heard their greatest fear is creating something with a practical application.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This has always been my biggest gripe with the exposition of this game. While studying physics I did the bare minimum of lab work and then dove into my theoretical specialization.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I've heard their greatest fear is creating something with a practical application.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I remembered it being Newton’s gravity potential, but looking at a picture it’s just a big blur and could equally well be the force. Anyway, I applaud Ross as a physics layman for calling the scientists out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Coffee⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Makes sense. Wigner’s contributions are everywhere in physics and parts of math. Must’ve come from somewhere.