Podcast: Reproducing a Black Hole in the Laboratory, and other Quantum Theories

August 27, 2009

In a recent study, Professor of Physics and Astronomy Miles Blencowe and his colleagues proposed a new way of creating a reproduction black hole in the laboratory.

As a quantum theorist, this artificial black hole would be on a much, much tinier scale than their celestial counterparts.

In this podcast, Blencowe talks about his research and the importance of understanding the quantum world.

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(Podcast. Length: 19:15)

Related material:

• Researchers propose new way to reproduce a black hole

• Quantum/Condensed Matter research at Dartmouth

• Connecting Classical and Quantum Physics

Provided by Dartmouth College

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