Stanford Physics Courses

Quantum Computing and the Entanglement Frontier

Explore quantum entanglement's role in computing, cryptology, and physics with John Preskill. Gain insights into quantum information's weird properties and potential applications.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 18 minutes
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• Free Video

Learning in a Quantum World

Explore methods for improving our understanding of quantum reality using classical and quantum machines, predicting properties of exotic many-particle systems.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 10 minutes
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• Free Video

Delving into the Unknown - The Higgs Boson at Future Colliders

Explore the Higgs boson's role in fundamental physics, its discovery, and future research prospects at next-generation particle colliders. Gain insights into precision measurements and their implications.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 10 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Cosmology from the First Year DESI BAO Measurements

Explore DESI's first-year BAO measurements and their implications for cosmology, including constraints on the Hubble Constant, dark energy, curvature, and neutrino mass, addressing potential tensions with LCDM.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 15 minutes
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• Free Video

Emergent Phenomena in Crystalline Multilayer Graphene

Explore emergent quantum phenomena in crystalline multilayer graphene, including correlated insulators, quantum Hall effects, and superconductivity. Discover implications for topological quantum computation.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 3 minutes
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• Free Video

The Surprising Effectiveness of Topology in the Science of Quantum Materials

Explore topology's role in quantum condensed matter physics, from fractional quantum Hall effect to Weyl semimetals, and its impact on non-Abelian topological phases.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 5 minutes
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• Free Video

Measuring the Effect of Gravity on Antimatter

Explore groundbreaking experiments measuring gravity's effect on antimatter, including recent direct measurements and their implications for the weak equivalence principle.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 13 minutes
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• Free Video

Physical Systems That Can Learn by Themselves

Explore innovative approaches to scalable learning in physical systems, inspired by brain function but utilizing simpler physics-based methods for energy-efficient, autonomous machine learning tasks.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 11 minutes
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• Free Video

Electron-Hole Fluid in van der Waals Heterostructures

Explore electron-hole fluid dynamics in van der Waals heterostructures, examining correlated phenomena, phase diagrams, and optical spectroscopy techniques for probing complex quantum interactions.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 12 minutes
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• Free Video

Muon Colliders: The Next Generation of Particle Accelerators

Explore the potential of muon colliders as next-generation particle accelerators, examining challenges, possibilities, and recent progress in overcoming limitations of proton and electron colliders.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 7 minutes
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• Free Video

Attosecond Pulse Trains, RABBITT and Applications in Ultrafast Physics

Explore attosecond pulse trains, RABBITT technique, and their applications in ultrafast physics. Gain insights into photoionization delays and recent advancements in attosecond science.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
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• Free Video

Exploring Many-Body Problems with Arrays of Individual Atoms

Explore quantum many-body systems using arrays of individual atoms. Discover synthetic quantum matter, study magnetic properties, and learn about potential industrial applications in optimization problems.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 5 minutes
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• Free Video

Who Gets to Discover the Unknown - The Rubin LSST Ecosystem and the Future on the Cosmic Frontier

Explore the Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time and its impact on cosmic evolution research. Learn about LSST Discovery Alliance's efforts to support inclusive scientific access and excellence.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 7 minutes
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• Free Video

Chaotic Quantum Dynamics and the Quantum Geometry of Spacetime

Explore connections between chaotic quantum systems and black hole physics, and progress in describing accelerating universes using quantum mechanics and the SYK model.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 18 minutes
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• Free Video

Fast Radio Bursts: Extragalactic Transients and Their Origins

Explore the enigmatic world of Fast Radio Bursts, their phenomenology, and remarkable sources. Discover insights from CHIME project and future plans for unraveling these mysterious extragalactic signals.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 11 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video