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Does the wave vs particle identity of a photon depend merely on the detecting instrument being used?

asked Apr 14, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by definitiveplateau

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In the double slit experiment, how are we able to record evidence of the wave form without that counting as observing it and causing it to collapse?

asked Apr 14, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by e30mark

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Does anyone really understand wave-particle duality or do even quantum physicists just have to accept it based on experimental evidence?

asked Apr 13, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by Arthur Haslehurst

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What happens when the De Broglie matter waves of two particles with similar momenta (and hence similar wavelengths) interfere? Can neutrons be absorbed by Uranium-235 nuclei through this kind of interference? Show the math if possible.

asked Apr 13, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by LuminousWhirl

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The photon is a massless particle and has only energy and momentum. What other known particle is massless?

asked Apr 13, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by Kekdal

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If we have a particle 1 described by a wave function 1 and another particle 2 that is near particle 1 described by wave function 2. … Does the wave function of particle 1 affect the wave function of particle 2 in any way?

asked Apr 13, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by Ajr1991

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In delayed choice quantum eraser experiment, one entangled particle's measurement collapses the wave function of its entangled partner. So why is FTL communication by measuring the wave function collapse impossible if it's not probabilistic?

asked Apr 13, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by jonob

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What is the explanation of the particulate wave duality of matter?

asked Apr 13, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by Frutbunn

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When we see light are we seeing it as particles or as waves?

asked Apr 13, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by Gary1806

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Light has a wave and particle nature. Does the particle nature carry information?

asked Apr 13, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by brian (3.3k points)

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What does the Einstein-Bohr debate imply about wave-particle duality?

asked Apr 13, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by bobs chimney

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How would you, in layman’s terms, explain when light will behave like a wave and when it will behave as a particle?

asked Apr 13, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by Synthesiser

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Do we have an answer to why the wave function collapses when observed?

asked Apr 12, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by softinmiddle

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Why do particles and wave duality behavior also apply on macroscopic objects, such as a virus?

asked Apr 12, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by a1colly

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What are the other waves you have to add to a particle's wave function in order to get a narrow peak so you can determine its position in Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle? Are they light waves or waves from other particles or what?

asked Apr 12, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by PeteAx

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In the double-slit experiment, how are they so sure that it's the act of observing that introduced a collapse and not some other interference?

asked Apr 11, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by ??™?????

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How does photoelectric effect proves particle nature of light and defies wave nature? Secondly, if we say that light is made up of photons, does it mean all the radiations whether visible or not are made of photons?

asked Apr 11, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by Timo De Winter

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Why is there duality?

asked Apr 11, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by prisoner

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Is there any experience to prove that light is neither a wave nor particle?

asked Apr 11, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by pddy95

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What evidence can you cite for the wave nature of particles?

asked Apr 11, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by Danny Greenwood

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