In this episode, we welcome our special guest Abhishake Goyal. Abhishake is a PhD candidate in the Laboratory of Organic Photonics and Iontronics at Queen's university. His work focuses on the development and fabrication of semiconductor devices. The novel method they develop opens door to tunable photonic devices. We delve into the principles of semiconductors and the manufacturing processes used in his lab. Abhishake walks us through his day-to-day in the lab, being a father while doing graduate school, and his experience working in various parts of the world. On the topic of photons, in the introduction, we discuss an article on the first ever image of the shape of a single photon. We end the episode with the story of the life of Sir Charles Kuen Kao, the pioneer of fiber optics and the technology that led to the Internet.

Article on shape of single photon:

https://scitechdaily.com/quantum-leap-scientists-reveal-the-shape-of-a-single-photon-for-the-first-time/

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Join Pheely, Liam, Patrick and special guest Mayukh Bagchi on the Hyperthesis Podcast! Mayukh is currently a PhD candidate at Queen's University. His research focuses on balloon radio astronomy. Balloon astronomy involves letting very large balloons float into the upper atmosphere whilst carrying scientific equipment to observe and take measurements of the cosmos. We discuss the various benefits of balloon astronomy compared to terrestrial approaches, along with Mayukh's passion for science communication. Before delving into this however, Pheely discusses new research from the Satellites Around Galactic Analogs (SAGA) Survey team and how our Milky Way galaxy may not truly be representative of other galaxies within the universe like we originally thought. To end the episode, Patrick gives us a history lesson regarding humanities race for the biggest telescope of all time.

Mayukh Bagchi's Website:

https://mayukhbagchi.com/

Mayukh's YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@mayukh\_bagchi

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Join Liam, Pheely, and Patrick as we welcome Duncan Osmond to Hyperthesis. Duncan is currently a Systems Engineer with the Naval Engineering Test Establishment, but has a background in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) research. While we briefly touch on the open part of his current work, we delve deeper into MR and his research at the University of New Brunswick. Before then, Patrick talks about the inspiring and extreme field research conducted by Dr. Russell Schnell, along with new findings about how much carbon the ocean can store. Pheely ends off the episode with a story about the failed Zumwalt class destroyers of the United States of America Navy.

The oceans can store 20% more carbon than previously thought: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06772-4

Find out more about Canada's river class destroyers: https://www.canada.ca/en/navy/corporate/fleet-units/surface/river-class-destroyer.html

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Join the Hyperthesis team as we venture into the realm of quantum mechanics by discussing Berry phases and the Aharanov-Bohm Effect. We break down these complex concepts and talk about their impact on quantum mechanics in general. Before then, we discuss new results from research on creating new elements in a science-based version of alchemy. Finally, we end off the episode discussing the life of David Bohm, who was a famous physicist who had a big involvement in philosophy and the Manhattan Project (without actually being a part of the Manhattan Project).

Check out the article discussed in the intro topic titled "Toward the Discovery of New Elements: Production of Livermorium (Z=116) with 50Ti": https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.172502

The Phys.org article can be found here: https://phys.org/news/2024-10-scientists-superheavy-elements.html

Great Periodic Table website: https://ptable.com

Curious about cross section and particle interactions? Join our episode with special guest Jean-Marie Coquillat: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0pUBus1DwWyR8o5A0yhr6S

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Welcome to the Hyperthesis, where this week, we welcome special guest Billy Sievers. Billy is a Ph.D Student at McMaster University studying self-intersecting surfaces inside black holes and connections to quantum gravity. Before we dive into his research (and get a fun quiz on dimensions), Liam tells us about a trinary black hole system and it's discovery and chaos. Patrick ends the episode with a cosmology-adjacent person, Hendrik Lorentz.

Check out our episode on Chaos: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3CgkgF2A36AwsP3JD2dswR?si=V5ToAXXBQOC54MNVSrONww

Want to find out more about Billy Sievers? Check out his website: https://ktbsievers.ca

Get up-to-date with relativity from Episode 20: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7ib2CjCkM5H8WiEUNFpdgj?si=-NpaI-TWQD6dnYTKo9vfZA

Interested in learning more about black holes? Check out: https://yale.learningu.org/download/2edd46dc-7ff5-4084-8161-5b5328974fa0/E2143_The\%20Large-Scale\%20Structure\%20of\%20Spacetime\%20(1973)\%20-\%20Hawking,\%20Ellis.pdf

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Join Patrick, Pheely, Liam, and special guest Jean-Marie Coquillat as we explore the depths of dark matter detection. After discussing the current state of the art of dark matter detectors at SNOLAB, we speak with Jean-Marie about his current research on the NEWS-G dark matter detector. Jean-Marie speaks about how the detector operates and how he is working on rejecting background noise the limits of dark matter detection are pushed. He also delves into other research related to his current PhD research at Queen's University. Finally, Liam ends the episode with a story about the driving force behind SNOLAB, Canadian Nobel Laureate Dr. Arthur B. McDonald.

Check out our last episode talking about Patrick's work with the NEWS-G dark matter detector: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4dYX0uGO6iQYSu0atCx5vM

Find more information about the NEWS-G detector (Patrick printed the 3D model pictured!): https://www.snolab.ca/experiment/news-g/

Have questions for Jean-Marie? Send him an email at jeanmarie.coquillat@queensu.ca

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Celebrate with the Hyperthesis as we discuss the Nobel Prizes awarded in Physics, Chemistry, and Medicine and Physiology for 2024. We delve into the meaning and controversy behind the prizes, especially discussing the foundations of AI. Before then, we discuss the history-making landing performed by SpaceX as they caught part of the largest rocket ever as it landed back on Earth. We mention the Ig-Nobel prize before providing a brief history of the Physics Nobel prize winners, John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton.

Check out our episode on machine learning: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2PpkEpmy9Ueeyjy3F0aKli

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Join Patrick, Pheely, and Liam as we recap our summer of research as we start our seventh season of the Hyperthesis. We provide updates about our summer, going a little bit in depth from everything we did. This includes using dams as inspiration for ultracold atom theory, creating digital twins of forests, and talking about the publication from some of our hosts and past guests. We end the episode with an update from the world of science over the summer.

Check out Liam, Pheely, and Dean's paper here: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1751-8121/ad74be

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