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Is the wavefunction of a photon local or nonlocal?

asked Mar 14, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by Freya S

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Can quantization be derived from the wave nature of particles? Quantization of electrons is often explained as a result of their circular orbit. This is intuitive. But does this generalize to all particles?

asked Mar 14, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by Conor333

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According to quantum mechanics, when particles don’t interact, do they become waves (such as sound wave) or do they stay as particles and the wave function is just a possible distribution of position?

asked Mar 14, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by tomplum

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Is the pilot-wave interpretation of QM taken seriously? With recent experiments showing macro particle-wave dynamics, why is it not?

asked Mar 14, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by StellarVerse

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How does the light source fire a single photon in the double-slit experiment?

asked Mar 13, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by MystiqueHaven

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Does a single photon refract?

asked Mar 13, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by EmberSculptor

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What's the importance of the wave and particle nature?

asked Mar 13, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by MysticFlare

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How do electrons behave like waves and particles?

asked Mar 13, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by Lee87

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Is the wave-like manifestation of an electron (wavelength, frequency, etc.) different from the mathematical "Wavefunction" that models the probability distribution of the electron's observables?

asked Mar 13, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by KEEPGREEN

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What if a particle didn't act like a wave in the universe? What if it stayed the same regardless if its observed or not? Would the universe be much different? How important is it that a particle has these characteristics in our universe?

asked Mar 12, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by Jimthecob

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Can a particle whose wave function has collapsed regain its wave function/turn back into a wave?

asked Mar 12, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by enc

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Are waves a result of particle interaction?

asked Mar 12, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by Louie007

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Light can behave like wave and particle. How does light behave like particle?

asked Mar 12, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by I know Best

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If, ultimately, everything is wave, then what are we trying to collide in particle accelerator?

asked Mar 12, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by andyglasgow89 (1.8k points)

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Should I leave the notion that electrons are ever particles? Can every new concept of electron in textbooks can be explained with the wave behaviour of electron?

asked Mar 11, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by Guiseppy

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We know that atoms behave both as a particle and a wave, but when does it behave as a wave and when as a particle?

asked Mar 11, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by StellarAlchemy

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Is star light a wave or particle, or neither?

asked Mar 11, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by gloriousldpc

+224 votes

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For the famous double slit experiment that shows the duality of light as a wave and a particle, does the waveform collapse when viewed by animals other than humans?

asked Mar 11, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by Sortingitout

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Is it still questionable to ask if photons are particles or waves?

asked Mar 11, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by Daz240

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How can electrons have a shape when they are waves?

asked Mar 11, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by Charlie85

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