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Can a particle, having a de Broglie wavelength larger than the size of its enclosed three-dimensional box, readily escape the boundaries of the box?

asked May 10, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by glenn03

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Why can't we accept particles at the macroscopic level losses, its waves like a property through emergent phenomenon?

asked May 10, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by Acapris

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When we say particles have "wave like characteristics" do we literally mean that they act like a wave or do we mean that the probability of them doing something is distributed like a wave, ie a wave function?

asked May 10, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by seneca2

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Is a wave created by the motion of particles?

asked May 10, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by Kevin NE (2.2k points)

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Why can only conscious observers collapse the wave function?

asked Apr 20, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by parahandy

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Is time a particle or a wave?

asked Apr 20, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by SeraphicFlare

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What would be the maximum size of a particle at which the wave nature can be considered as negligible? How can it be calculated? Do the particles have wave nature because of their small size? Why?

asked Apr 20, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by Craig k

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Is it true that there are not really particles but only waves?

asked Apr 20, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by Major Mal Funxion

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Quantum physics has shown that "everything is a wave". So, what is the best way to understand the wave-like qualities of macroscopic objects? And does the statement “everything is a wave” still apply to macroscopic objects or not?

asked Apr 19, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by CrystalScribe

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What do people mean when they say that electrons don’t 'exist' before observation/interaction?

asked Apr 19, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by abusemanage

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Does QED (quantum electrodynamics) describe wave functions as transverse waves, compression waves, fluctuating spherical bulges, or waves that oscillate from their respective fields into a non-spatial dimensions (or other fields)?

asked Apr 19, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by mj

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If a particle sometimes acts like a wave, does that mean it was never really a particle?

asked Apr 19, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by SolarisSculptor

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Can particles refract?

asked Apr 18, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by Aneaka k

+322 votes

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What are the similarities and differences in properties of particles and waves in tabular form?

asked Apr 18, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by _Jem_

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If all particles of matter in fact are waves, does it mean we are living in a simulation?

asked Apr 18, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by Bitty

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Who proposed the matter wave?

asked Apr 18, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by RadiantOracle

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Why do photons turn into particles when observed and be at wave form when not observed?

asked Apr 18, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by Samborambo

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How can instantaneous collapse of particle wave packets coexist with finite speed of light in quantum theory?

asked Apr 18, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by wally

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Is the Higgs boson a particle and a graviton a wave, and these two things are simply different forms of the same thing?

asked Apr 17, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by EmberTwilight

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What if gravity is not a force in the sense of weak, strong, and electromagnetic force but rather an outcome of unlike pole (wave and particle duality) attracting?

asked Apr 17, 2023 in Wave Particle Duality by jasonb

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