What is an Electron?

You learned what an electron is in school… or DID YOU? You probably learned that it’s a “negatively charged particle” but there’s *so* much more to these weird, wild little particles than that.

#electrons #atoms #theoreticalchemistry

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Credits:
Executive Producers:
George Zaidan
Hilary Hudson

Producers:
Elaine Seward
Andrew Sobey
Darren Weaver

Writer/Host:
George Zaidan

Scientific consultants:
Michelle Boucher, PhD
Michael E. Peskin, PhD
Paul Lujan, PhD
Brianne Raccor, PhD

Sources:

Interview with Michael Peskin PhD

[ckrysze]

I appreciate the simple admitting of the things that we simply don’t know yet. The clarity that gives is refreshing.

[RoflgryphnWoW]

Everyone always asks what is electron. No one asks how is electron 🥺

[Roberto-REME]

Outstanding video and very well narrated. You made it interesting, entertaining and informative. Really well done!

[ElectronFieldPulse]

Also, the reason you cant have two spin up particles is because the wave functions deconstructively interfere, leaving those areas with a probability of 0. So, wave mechanics in QFT explains the Pauli exclusion principle

[twothreebravo]

If Uncle Habib wants to make an apple pie from scratch he must first invent the universe.

[albertolando]

Wow guys, your channel is getting better and better at each video, never trivial topics, but also treated in a light and, at the same time, meaningful way. Thank you for the insights, keep on doing things as you are doing them!

[ArnabBose]

Loved the video!

I wanted to say though, as a matter of fact we do know why two electrons with same quantum state cannot occupy the same space. Granted as we keep asking "why", there's something that we wouldn't know - but we do have a very satisfactory understanding of the first few why's.
The quick summary is that joint quantum wave distribution of two indistinguishable spin half particles is antisymmetric, they change sign when the particles are swapped. This property forces the probability amplitude to be zero along the portion where they are exactly at the same place.

[utsavlal]

PBS Space time sent us and I can't say that I was disappointed. Great video

[Eris]

That was fun, clear and with enough, "we simply don't knows, " in it to be reassuringly honest.

[theorize]

Now I see why, Space Time sent me over, good video! I’m subscribed!

[gabedarrett]

What does it even mean to rotate an electron if it's a point-like mass?

[dojinho]

Very well done. I like the rather joyful tone of the narration and the very significant examples given. Kudos!

[timlk]

If an electron had no volume, wouldn’t it have infinite density and therefore immediately collapse into a black hole and explode?

[jacobwolfe]

0:16 Can we get Uncle Habib's apple pie recipe?

[tommurphy]

And as weird as all that was... that was the dumbed down version :)

[ErikratKhandnalie]

It's astounding to me, just how many things there are in science that we *understand* really super well, but don't actually know what the hell it is.

[charlessimons]

isn't an electron (like all fundamental particles) just a value of energy in the quantum electron field?

[mohananak]

When touch something, actually you are not touching it. It is only a feeling. The electrons outer side of the molecule in your hand can't make contact with the electron of the other molecule of other matter due to high repelletion. Distence between two electrons become zero, it means force of repelletion is infinity, not possible

[tylerbullard-wolf]

Seriously though, what is an electron?

[Atlas_]

PBS space time sent me here, I know understand the concept so much better. Thank you!