Feynman Diagrams Explained Simply, Kinda

Feynman. You've heard of him. You know he won a Nobel Prize. You know that he was one of the best physics educators in the world. You possibly also know about the Feynman diagrams. But what do Feynman diagrams like, really mean? In this video, I will briefly explain what Feynman diagrams are, and why a very common interpretation of the Feynman diagrams, is actually incorrect.

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DISCLAIMERS (and errata):

Especially for those professional theoretical physicists out there.

Yes, I know, this video is a super-over-simplification that hides a bunch of stuff. It's a YouTube video, what did you expect? But more importantly, yes, Feynman diagrams work for all of QFT not just QED, but since this video is framed around Feynman and his Nobel, I just think it makes more sense to talk only in terms of electrons and photons, which I call force carriers here because I didn't want to include a section about virtual particles here.

If there are any absolutely egregious mistakes I've made, please let me know in the comments below -- politely, if possible. I'll be sure to try and... do something. I can assure you at the very least, that I will include my mistakes here in the errata/disclaimer section of the description.

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[wetasspaddington]

Amazing video first off. However, it is very simplified (yes I have read your Errata section in the description, it's fine). One critical thing I think you need to point out as it flaws one of your main points in the video though is that it doesn't matter where (x) or (t) go on the x and y axes. This disproves your point about the slit being similar to a scientific graph. But it's ok. I know it is a YT video and it is very short, but this is important for understanding the reading of FDs. I use at least 30 FDs a day in my job as a theoretical physicist specialing in exactly this field (as well as cosmologically deriving leptons and (sometimes) also Guage Bosons using FDs.) Anyway, thank you, Dr. Santiago.