{"id":44231,"date":"2025-05-31T12:48:38","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T12:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=44231"},"modified":"2025-05-31T12:48:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T12:48:38","slug":"exotic-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2025\/05\/31\/exotic-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Exotic States"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XIII\/Exotic-States-Unplugged-Underground-XX.mp3\">Exotic-States-Unplugged-Underground-XX.mp3<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XIII\/Exotic-States-Unplugged-Underground-XX.mp4\">Exotic-States-Unplugged-Underground-XX.mp4<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XIII\/Exotic-States.mp3\">Exotic-States.mp3<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XIII\/Exotic-States.mp4\">Exotic-States.mp4<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XIII\/Exotic-States-intro.mp3\">Exotic-States-intro.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\nExotic States (high energy) extreme physics<br \/>\n(Kick in the music)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nLiquid Crystal (mesophase)<br \/>\nMesmerize (crystalize)<br \/>\nBetween liquid and solid:<br \/>\nflows like a liquid,<br \/>\nordered like a solid.<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nExtreme (scene)<br \/>\nI mean&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nHigh energy<br \/>\nExtreme physics<br \/>\nSomewhere betwixt<br \/>\nThe fate (of an exotic state)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nAmorphous Solid<br \/>\nAbsurd? Obsidian.<br \/>\nDisordered solid<br \/>\n&#8230; no long-range structure.<br \/>\nThink fast past glass<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nExtreme (scene)<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve seen&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nHigh energy<br \/>\nExtreme physics<br \/>\nSomewhere betwixt<br \/>\nThe fate (of an exotic state)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nExtreme scene<br \/>\n(The sheen&#8230;.)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nHigh energy<br \/>\nExtreme physics<br \/>\nSomewhere betwixt<br \/>\nThe fate (of an exotic state)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nExtreme scene<br \/>\n(The sheen&#8230;.)<\/p>\n<p>A SCIENCE NOTE<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"1183\" data-end=\"1237\"><strong data-start=\"1189\" data-end=\"1206\">Exotic States<\/strong> (high energy, extreme physics)<\/h2>\n<ol start=\"1\" data-start=\"1239\" data-end=\"1800\">\n<li data-start=\"1239\" data-end=\"1405\">\n<p data-start=\"1242\" data-end=\"1266\"><strong data-start=\"1242\" data-end=\"1264\">Quark-Gluon Plasma<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1270\" data-end=\"1316\">\n<p data-start=\"1272\" data-end=\"1316\">Hot, dense soup of free quarks and gluons.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1320\" data-end=\"1356\">\n<p data-start=\"1322\" data-end=\"1356\">Existed just after the Big Bang.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1360\" data-end=\"1405\">\n<p data-start=\"1362\" data-end=\"1405\">Created in particle colliders like the LHC.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1407\" data-end=\"1596\">\n<p data-start=\"1410\" data-end=\"1435\"><strong data-start=\"1410\" data-end=\"1433\">Supercritical Fluid<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1439\" data-end=\"1488\">\n<p data-start=\"1441\" data-end=\"1488\">Occurs above critical temperature &amp; pressure.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1492\" data-end=\"1533\">\n<p data-start=\"1494\" data-end=\"1533\">Behaves like both a gas and a liquid.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1537\" data-end=\"1596\">\n<p data-start=\"1539\" data-end=\"1596\">Example: Supercritical CO\u2082 (used to decaffeinate coffee).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1598\" data-end=\"1761\">\n<p data-start=\"1601\" data-end=\"1649\"><strong data-start=\"1601\" data-end=\"1617\">Time Crystal<\/strong> <em data-start=\"1618\" data-end=\"1647\">(hypothetical\/experimental)<\/em><\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1653\" data-end=\"1761\">\n<li data-start=\"1653\" data-end=\"1706\">\n<p data-start=\"1655\" data-end=\"1706\">A structure that repeats in time, not just space.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1710\" data-end=\"1761\">\n<p data-start=\"1712\" data-end=\"1761\">No energy input, defies classical thermodynamics.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1763\" data-end=\"1800\">\n<p data-start=\"1767\" data-end=\"1800\"><strong data-start=\"1767\" data-end=\"1781\">Supersolid<\/strong> <em data-start=\"1782\" data-end=\"1798\">(experimental)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul data-start=\"1804\" data-end=\"1897\">\n<li data-start=\"1804\" data-end=\"1897\">\n<p data-start=\"1806\" data-end=\"1897\">Matter with a rigid structure (solid) that also flows without friction (like a superfluid).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"11\" data-start=\"1899\" data-end=\"1937\">\n<li data-start=\"1899\" data-end=\"1937\">\n<p data-start=\"1903\" data-end=\"1937\"><strong data-start=\"1903\" data-end=\"1921\">Liquid Crystal<\/strong> <em data-start=\"1922\" data-end=\"1935\">(mesophase)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul data-start=\"1941\" data-end=\"2047\">\n<li data-start=\"1941\" data-end=\"2020\">\n<p data-start=\"1943\" data-end=\"2020\">Between liquid and solid: flows like a liquid, has some order like a solid.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2024\" data-end=\"2047\">\n<p data-start=\"2026\" data-end=\"2047\">Example: LCD screens.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"12\" data-start=\"2049\" data-end=\"2074\">\n<li data-start=\"2049\" data-end=\"2074\">\n<p data-start=\"2053\" data-end=\"2074\"><strong data-start=\"2053\" data-end=\"2072\">Amorphous Solid<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul data-start=\"2078\" data-end=\"2158\">\n<li data-start=\"2078\" data-end=\"2127\">\n<p data-start=\"2080\" data-end=\"2127\">Disordered solid\u2014has no long-range structure.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2131\" data-end=\"2158\">\n<p data-start=\"2133\" data-end=\"2158\">Example: Glass, obsidian.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>From the album &#8220;<a href=\"\/songwriter\/tag\/states-of-matter\/\">States of Matter<\/a>&#8220;<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exotic-States-Unplugged-Underground-XX.mp3 Exotic-States-Unplugged-Underground-XX.mp4 Exotic-States.mp3 Exotic-States.mp4 Exotic-States-intro.mp3 [Intro] Exotic States (high energy) extreme physics (Kick in the music) [Verse 1] Liquid Crystal (mesophase) Mesmerize (crystalize) Between liquid and solid: flows like a liquid, ordered like a solid. [Bridge] Extreme (scene) I mean&#8230;. 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