The math of how atomic nuclei stay together is surprisingly beautiful | Full movie #SoME2
Channel: Highly Entropic Mind
Date: 2022-08-14

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How does the nucleus of an atom stay together?

Animations and editing by Abhigyan Hazarika
Abhigyan's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhigyan-hazarika-6460801b8/

Script and narration by Fernando Franco Félix

This is our submission to the Summer of Math Exposition:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZuYICAEN9Y&t=97s&ab_channel=3Blue1Brown

Support us in Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HighlyEntropicMind

Project github:
https://github.com/abhigyanh/utsf-public

Original post for the project:
https://github.com/leios/SoME_Topics/issues/80

Learn more about spin:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd2Ua9dKEl8&ab_channel=LookingGlassUniverse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh7xITmvgyU&ab_channel=LookingGlassUniverse

Music by Vincent Rubinetti
Download the music on Bandcamp:
https://vincerubinetti.bandcamp.com/album/the-music-of-3blue1brown
Stream the music on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/1dVyjwS8FBqXhRunaG5W5u

Image of Murray Gell-Mann courtesy of “Biografías y Vidas” https://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/g/gell_mann.htm

Bibliography:

Introduction to Particle Physics by David J. Griffiths

Lie Algebras in Particle Physics by Howard Georgi

Constructing Quarks by Andrew Pickering

An introduction to QFT, Chapter 17, by Michael E. Peskin and Daniel V. Schroeder 

Quantum Chromodynamics by Walter Greiner, Stefan Schramm and Eckart Stein

Sections:

Intro: 00:00

Recap on atoms: 01:02

Pauli's Exclusion Principle: 03:23

Color Charge: 14:10

White is color neutral: 16:16

The RGB color space: 19:48

SU(3): 22:31

Triplets and singlets: 27:03

Conclusion: 36:10