So a photon is a discrete packet of energy, or: a photon is energy? Waves carry energy, particles carry energy. Cathal said: Consider the quantum double slit experiment. If the there is no duality then how can the light pass through one slit and also interfere with itself on the opposi...
Explain whether there would there be more or fewer configurations available for the gas if the particles were distinguishable than in the case of bosons where the particles are indistinguishable. How did Einstein conclude that the speed of light is unsurpassable? What ...
Light behaves as both particles and waves at the same time, and scientists have been able to observe this duality in action using an ultrafast electron microscope. The wave nature is demonstrated in the wavy upper portion, while the particle behavior is revealed below, in the outlines showing e...
The ratio of the speed of light in a vacuum to that in a medium is the 'index of refraction, n.' Just a few months ago, a team at the Ecole Politechnique Lausanne alleged that they had produced the first photograph of light particles and waves! I am not sure that I understood ...
b) that electrons always acted as particles and never like waves. c) why Rutherford's model was superior to Bohr' Between which two orbits of the Bohr hydrogen atom must an electron fall to produce light at a wavelength of 434.2 nm? Be...
Photon is a "quanta" of electromagnetic waves(or light) and it not, strictly speaking, correct to call it a"particle" of light thought it has properties similar to particles. If you mean which particles does not interact with other particles then the answer is different. Even...
Why is reflected light polarized? What are the characteristics of longitudinal waves? What are examples of transverse waves? How do you determine the amplitude of a transverse wave? Why can electromagnetic waves travel through a vacuum? How do particles move in transverse waves? Why is it that ...
After all, light travels in straight lines and bounces off a mirror much like a ball bouncing off a wall. No one had actually seen particles of light, but even now, it's easy to explain why that might be. The particles could be too small, or moving too fast, to be seen, or ...
I often hear about the wave-particle duality, and how particles exhibit properties of both particles and waves.I most recently heard this inthisvideo.However, Iwonder;wonder,is this actually a duality? At the most fundamental level, we 'know' that everything is made up out of particles, wh...
Waves, particles, and storms in geospace: a complex interplay, edited by G. Balasis, I. Daglis, and I. R. MannIn many ways, James A. Van Allen defined and "invented" modern space research. His example showed the way for government-university partners to pursue basic research that also...