Is Quantum Tunneling Faster than Light? | Space Time | PBS Digital Studios

Start your Audible trial today: Hello from the other side. In this episode find out how quanta can can move through solid objects. Get your own Space Time t­shirt at Tweet at us! @pbsspacetime Email us! pbsspacetime [at] gmail [dot] com Comment on Reddit: Help translate our videos! Where are you right now? Until you interact with another particle you could be any number of places within a wave of probabilities. This is only one way that quantum mechanics challenges our perception of reality. Matt dives into these counter-intuitive ideas and explains the bizarre phenomenon known as quantum tunneling in this episode of Space Time. Written and hosted by Matt O’Dowd Made by Kornhaber Brown (www.kornhaberbrown.com) *Paper referenced in episode is "Measurement of the Single-Photon Tunneling Time" by Steinberg, Kwiat, & Chiao, 1993, Phys. Rev. Lett. 71, 708 and can be found here: Check out the previous episode of Space Time: Is an Ice Age Coming?