11 Subatomic Stories: The Heisenberg uncertainty principle

The Heisenberg Uncertainty principle is one of the counterintuitive ideas that arises from early twentieth century quantum mechanics. In episode eleven of Subatomic Stories, Fermilab’s Dr. Don Lincoln explains what the principle is, how many people get it wrong, and how to understand it properly. What is quantum mechanics really all about? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0VY9_hB_WU Can leptogenesis explain why there is something instead of nothing? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsqEcGMjEfo Neutrino Oscillation Calculator (Provided by Wolfram Alpha) https://demonstrations.wolfram.com/NeutrinoOscillations/ Fermilab physics 101: https://www.fnal.gov/pub/science/particle-physics-101/index.html Fermilab home page: https://fnal.gov CMB image credit: European Space Agency, Planck Collaboration Neutron star image credit: NASA Flashlight vector graphic by Vecteezy