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Wave-Particle Duality
« on: May 19, 2006, 11:00:36 AM »
not sure if this is the right section for this q but anywho:

what does everyone think about light?

do you think it's a wave? a particle? or have you just accepted it as both?
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Re: Wave-Particle Duality
« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2006, 11:04:39 AM »
the commonly excepted theory seems to be that it has properties of both but personally, i have to lean more toward the side that light is a wave and not a particle

i'm sure people are going to argue with me on this but oh well
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Re: Wave-Particle Duality
« Reply #2 on: May 19, 2006, 11:11:00 AM »
i agree that's it's more of a wave. if it were a particle then space wouldn't be so vacuous (sp) now would it  :o

but on the other hand light can be "felt" in a way and that would take momentum which requires mass which altogether requires it to be a particle.
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Re: Wave-Particle Duality
« Reply #3 on: May 19, 2006, 11:11:35 AM »
Quote from: rctrackstar2007 on May 19, 2006, 11:00:36 AM
not sure if this is the right section for this q but anywho:

what does everyone think about light?

do you think it's a wave? a particle? or have you just accepted it as both?

It is now well known from experiments of interference, diffraction and photoelectric effects that light can act both as a light and wave. But it is difficult to feel. Let us know if you have something in mind - observation or experiment or question?
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Re: Wave-Particle Duality
« Reply #4 on: May 19, 2006, 11:13:35 AM »
who is us?

i already stated it's accepted as both so the constant repeat is unnecessary  ::)

and when you stand in the sun, do you not "feel" it in a way?
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Re: Wave-Particle Duality
« Reply #5 on: May 19, 2006, 11:35:28 AM »
YOUNG's double split experiment IS the definitive explanation for wave particle duality I believe.   


(sorry origionally said Thompson)
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Re: Wave-Particle Duality
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Re: Wave-Particle Duality
« Reply #7 on: May 19, 2006, 11:59:55 AM »
Here is brief explanation - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-slit_experiment

Travels as wave - hits as particle.
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Re: Wave-Particle Duality
« Reply #8 on: May 19, 2006, 12:30:45 PM »
Quote from: P on May 19, 2006, 11:59:55 AM
Here is brief explanation - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-slit_experiment

Travels as wave - hits as particle.

would that not defy the laws of physics or something

does a car travel as a car and hit as a semi??
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Re: Wave-Particle Duality
« Reply #9 on: May 19, 2006, 12:32:42 PM »
how can it have particle properties and not have mass? or if it does have mass then how does it travel at the speed of light?

i would also agree with rc in that it defies the laws of physics to say that it travels as one thing and hits as another
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Re: Wave-Particle Duality
« Reply #10 on: May 19, 2006, 12:33:20 PM »
it bounces off of things like a particle doesn't it?
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Re: Wave-Particle Duality
« Reply #11 on: May 19, 2006, 12:33:34 PM »
the law that would defy would be the law of conservation of mass

a wave has no mass so it can't all of a sudden gain mass and hit as a particle
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Re: Wave-Particle Duality
« Reply #12 on: May 19, 2006, 12:36:00 PM »
Quote from: P on May 19, 2006, 11:59:55 AM
Here is brief explanation - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-slit_experiment

Travels as wave - hits as particle.
i can buy this. ^ it's all about energy.
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Re: Wave-Particle Duality
« Reply #13 on: May 19, 2006, 12:36:53 PM »
Quote from: rctrackstar2007 on May 19, 2006, 12:33:34 PM
the law that would defy would be the law of conservation of mass

a wave has no mass so it can't all of a sudden gain mass and hit as a particle
E=MC2
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Re: Wave-Particle Duality
« Reply #14 on: May 19, 2006, 12:41:52 PM »
either way a particle won't accerate to the point where the negligable mass increases to that of one of a particle to hit hard enough
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